Which to use
“embrassée” is an adjective and “embrassez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,143
- “embrassée” frequency rank
- #39,776
- “embrassez” frequency rank
- 69919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | embrassée | embrassez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de embrassé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de embrasser. |
Same sound, different letters: embrassée vs embrassez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. embrassée (VCCCVCCVV) and embrassez (VCCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - embrassée / embrassez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: embrassée and embrassez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.bʁa.se\. 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 69919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
embrassée is recorded at frequency rank #30,143, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.bʁa.se\. embrassez is at rank #39,776, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.bʁa.se\.
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 69919, this pair ranks #53,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of embrassée vs embrassez
Shared letters: abemrs. Private to "embrassée": é. Private to "embrassez": z.
"embrassée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "embrassez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- embrassez ← ebmrassez · embarssez · embbrassez · embrasesz · embrasez · embrassezz · embrassze · embrrassez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "embrassée" for "embrassez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "embrassée" vs "embrassez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "embrassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "embrassez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "embrassée" and "embrassez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embrase vs embrassez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #53,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.