Which to use
“économies” is a noun and “économise” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,113
- “économies” frequency rank
- #23,738
- “économise” frequency rank
- 27851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | économies | économise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de économie. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de économiser. |
Where the eye mixes économies and économise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. économies (VCVCVCVVC) and économise (VCVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: économies vs économise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: économies is \e.kɔ.nɔ.mi\ while économise is \e.kɔ.nɔ.miz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (es ↔ se) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
économies is recorded at frequency rank #4,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kɔ.nɔ.mi\. économise is at rank #23,738, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kɔ.nɔ.miz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27851, this pair ranks #326,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of économies vs économise
Shared letters: ceimnosé. Private to "économies": -. Private to "économise": -.
"économies" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "économise" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "économies" and "économise" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "économies" or "économise"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "économies" and "économise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "économies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "économise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "économies" and "économise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "économes vs économise". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #326,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.