Which to use
“envisagée” and “envisagez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,563
- “envisagée” frequency rank
- #34,525
- “envisagez” frequency rank
- 47088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envisagée | envisagez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de envisager. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envisager. |
Same sound, different letters: envisagée vs envisagez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. envisagée (VCCVCVCVV) and envisagez (VCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - envisagée / envisagez
This is the hard kind. envisagée and envisagez are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envisagée is recorded at frequency rank #12,563, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\. envisagez is at rank #34,525, 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 47088, this pair ranks #189,744 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envisagée vs envisagez
Shared letters: aeginsv. Private to "envisagée": é. Private to "envisagez": z.
"envisagée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "envisagez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envisagez ← enivsagez · ennvisagez · enviasgez · envisaegz · envisagezz · envisaggez · envisagze · envisgaez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envisagée" for "envisagez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "envisagée" vs "envisagez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "envisagée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envisagez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,744 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envisagée" and "envisagez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envisagées 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 #189,744 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.