Which to use
“enlever” and “enlevez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,672
- “enlever” frequency rank
- #25,991
- “enlevez” frequency rank
- 28663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlever | enlevez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déplacer vers le haut. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enlever. |
Where the eye mixes enlever and enlevez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enlever and enlevez 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 enlever with enlevez
A purely visual mix-up. enlever (\ɑ̃l.ve\) and enlevez (\ɑ̃.lə.ve\) 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 - r in “enlever” becomes z in “enlevez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enlever is recorded at frequency rank #2,672, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃l.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 28663, this pair ranks #321,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enlever vs enlevez
Shared letters: elnv. Private to "enlever": r. Private to "enlevez": z.
"enlever" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "enlevez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enlever" and "enlevez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enlever" vs "enlevez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enlever" and "enlevez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlever" 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 #321,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlever" 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 #321,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.