Which to use
“engageons” and “engages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,794
- “engageons” frequency rank
- #42,856
- “engages” frequency rank
- 80650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engageons | engages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de engager. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engager. |
Where the eye mixes engageons and engages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. engageons runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCC) against engages's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses engageons with engages
A purely visual mix-up. engageons (\ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃\) and engages (\ɑ̃.ɡaʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engageons is recorded at frequency rank #37,794, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃\. engages is at rank #42,856, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ\.
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 80650, this pair ranks #20,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of engageons vs engages
Shared letters: aegns. Private to "engageons": o. Private to "engages": -.
"engageons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC · "engages" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "engageons" and "engages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "engageons" or "engages" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "engageons" and "engages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "engageons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engageons" and "engages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engagera vs engages". 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 #20,468 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.