Which to use
“enlevée” is an adjective and “enlevez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,587
- “enlevée” frequency rank
- #25,991
- “enlevez” frequency rank
- 39578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlevée | enlevez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enlevé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enlever. |
Same sound, different letters: enlevée vs enlevez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. enlevée (VCCVCVV) and enlevez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - enlevée and enlevez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enlevée and enlevez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.lə.ve\. 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 39578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enlevée is recorded at frequency rank #13,587, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.lə.ve\. enlevez is at rank #25,991, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.lə.ve\.
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 39578, this pair ranks #246,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enlevée vs enlevez
Shared letters: elnv. Private to "enlevée": é. Private to "enlevez": z.
"enlevée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "enlevez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enlevez ← elnevez · enelvez · enleevz · enlevezz · enlevvez · enlevze · enllevez · enlveez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enlevée" and "enlevez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "enlevée" or "enlevez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "enlevée" / "enlevez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlevée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlevez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlevée" and "enlevez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enleva vs enlevez". 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 #246,931 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.