Which to use
“envisagées” and “envisager” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,310
- “envisagées” frequency rank
- #5,342
- “envisager” frequency rank
- 26652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envisagées | envisager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de envisager. | Regarder une personne au visage. |
Same sound, different letters: envisagées vs envisager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. envisagées runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against envisager's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - envisagées and envisager
This is the hard kind. envisagées and envisager 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envisagées is recorded at frequency rank #21,310, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\. 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 26652, this pair ranks #333,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envisagées vs envisager
Shared letters: aeginsv. Private to "envisagées": é. Private to "envisager": r.
"envisagées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "envisager" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envisager ← enivsager · ennvisager · enviasger · envisaegr · envisagerr · envisagger · envisagre · envisgaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envisagées" for "envisager" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "envisagées" or "envisager" show up more?
After this comparison
"envisagées" and "envisager" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "envisagées" 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 #333,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envisagées" and "envisager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envisagées vs envisageons". 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 #333,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.