Which to use
“engages” and “engagez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,856
- “engages” frequency rank
- #30,590
- “engagez” frequency rank
- 73446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engages | engagez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engager. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de engager. |
Where the eye mixes engages and engagez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. engages and engagez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses engages with engagez
A purely visual mix-up. engages (\ɑ̃.ɡaʒ\) and engagez (\ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\) 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 a single letter - s in “engages” becomes z in “engagez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engages is recorded at frequency rank #42,856, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ\. 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 73446, this pair ranks #40,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of engages vs engagez
Shared letters: aegn. Private to "engages": s. Private to "engagez": z.
"engages" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "engagez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "engages" and "engagez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "engages" or "engagez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "engages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engagez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engages" and "engagez" 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 #40,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.