engagéevsengagezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,862
“engagée” frequency rank
#30,590
“engagez” frequency rank
36452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature engagée engagez
Definition Féminin singulier de engagé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de engager.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set engagée and engagez apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
engagée
7 ch
engagez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: engagée and engagez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\. 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 36452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

engagée is recorded at frequency rank #5,862, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\. engagez is at rank #30,590, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\.

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 36452, this pair ranks #269,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of engagée vs engagez

Shared letters: aegn. Private to "engagée": é. Private to "engagez": z.

"engagée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "engagez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • engagezegnagez · enaggez · engaegz · engagezz · engaggez · engagze · enggaez · enggagez

Frequency comparison

engagée#5,862
engagez#30,590

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "engagée" and "engagez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "engagée" is an adjective and "engagez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "engagée" or "engagez"?
"engagée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,862 in our French list, against #30,590 for "engagez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering engagée vs engagez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “engagée”; for a verb, it's “engagez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “engagée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list