engageonsvsengagesWhat's the difference?

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.

9 ch
engageons
7 ch
engages

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

  • engageons ← egnageons · enaggeons · engaegons · engagenos · engageonns · engageonss · engageosn · engaggeons
  • engages ← egnages · enagges · engaegs · engagess · engagges · engagse · enggaes · enggages

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "engageons" and "engages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃\ versus \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "engageons" or "engages" show up more?
"engageons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,794 in our French list, against #42,856 for "engages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list