envisagentvsenvisageonsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“envisagent” and “envisageons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,004
“envisagent” frequency rank
#39,783
“envisageons” frequency rank
60787
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature envisagent envisageons
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envisager. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envisager.

Where the eye mixes envisagent and envisageons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. envisagent runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVCC) against envisageons's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
envisagent
11 ch
envisageons

Why the eye confuses envisagent with envisageons

A purely visual mix-up. envisagent (\ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ\) and envisageons (\ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɔ̃\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

envisagent is recorded at frequency rank #21,004, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ\. envisageons is at rank #39,783, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɔ̃\.

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 60787, this pair ranks #95,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of envisagent vs envisageons

Shared letters: aeginsv. Private to "envisagent": t. Private to "envisageons": o.

"envisagent" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCC  ·  "envisageons" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • envisagent ← enivsagent · ennvisagent · enviasgent · envisaegnt · envisagennt · envisagentt · envisagetn · envisaggent
  • envisageons ← enivsageons · ennvisageons · enviasgeons · envisaegons · envisagenos · envisageonns · envisageonss · envisageosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "envisagent" for "envisageons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ\ versus \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "envisagent" or "envisageons" show up more?
"envisagent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,004 in our French list, against #39,783 for "envisageons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "envisagent" and "envisageons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "envisagent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "envisageons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "envisagent" and "envisageons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envisageant 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 #95,761 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