enlevéesvsenlevezConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#20,711
“enlevées” frequency rank
#25,991
“enlevez” frequency rank
46702
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enlevées enlevez
Definition Féminin pluriel de enlevé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enlever.

Same sound, different letters: enlevées vs enlevez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. enlevées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against enlevez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
enlevées
7 ch
enlevez

Homophone desk: enlevées vs enlevez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enlevées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enlevées is recorded at frequency rank #20,711, 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 46702, this pair ranks #192,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enlevées vs enlevez

Shared letters: elnv. Private to "enlevées": . Private to "enlevez": z.

"enlevées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "enlevez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enlevezelnevez · enelvez · enleevz · enlevezz · enlevvez · enlevze · enllevez · enlveez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enlevées" and "enlevez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enlevées" is an adjective and "enlevez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "enlevées" or "enlevez"?
"enlevées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,711 in our French list, against #25,991 for "enlevez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "enlevées" / "enlevez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enlevées" 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 #192,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enlevées" 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 #192,812 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