Which to use
“envisage” and “envisager” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,056
- “envisage” frequency rank
- #5,342
- “envisager” frequency rank
- 12398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envisage | envisager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de envisager. | Regarder une personne au visage. |
Where the eye mixes envisage and envisager
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. envisage runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against envisager's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between envisage and envisager
A purely visual mix-up. envisage (\ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ\) and envisager (\ɑ̃.vi.za.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 1 extra letter(s) - “envisage” sits inside “envisager”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envisage is recorded at frequency rank #7,056, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ\. envisager is at rank #5,342, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.za.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 12398, this pair ranks #405,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envisage vs envisager
Shared letters: aeginsv. Private to "envisage": -. Private to "envisager": r.
"envisage" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "envisager" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envisage" for "envisager" ever safe?
Frequency check: "envisage" vs "envisager" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "envisage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envisager" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envisage" and "envisager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envisage vs envisagez". 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 #405,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.