Which to use
“envisager” and “envisagez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,342
- “envisager” frequency rank
- #34,525
- “envisagez” frequency rank
- 39867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envisager | envisagez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Regarder une personne au visage. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envisager. |
Same sound, different letters: envisager vs envisagez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. envisager and envisagez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - envisager and envisagez
This is the hard kind. envisager 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 differ by a single letter - r in “envisager” becomes z in “envisagez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envisager is recorded at frequency rank #5,342, 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 39867, this pair ranks #244,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envisager vs envisagez
Shared letters: aeginsv. Private to "envisager": r. Private to "envisagez": z.
"envisager" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "envisagez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envisager" for "envisagez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "envisager" or "envisagez"?
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 "envisager" 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 #244,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envisager" 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 #244,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.