éloignéevséloignezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: éloignée is a adjective, éloignez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“éloignée” is an adjective and “éloignez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,889
“éloignée” frequency rank
#43,232
“éloignez” frequency rank
56121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature éloignée éloignez
Definition Féminin singulier de éloigné. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éloigner.

Same sound, different letters: éloignée vs éloignez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

8 ch
éloignée
8 ch
éloignez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: éloignée and éloignez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.lwa.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

éloignée is recorded at frequency rank #12,889, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.lwa.ɲe\. éloignez is at rank #43,232, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.lwa.ɲe\.

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 56121, this pair ranks #123,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of éloignée vs éloignez

Shared letters: egilnoé. Private to "éloignée": -. Private to "éloignez": z.

"éloignée" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVV  ·  "éloignez" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "éloignée" and "éloignez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "éloignée" is an adjective and "éloignez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "éloignée" or "éloignez"?
"éloignée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,889 in our French list, against #43,232 for "éloignez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list