Which to use
“essayera” and “essayez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,279
- “essayera” frequency rank
- #3,913
- “essayez” frequency rank
- 45192
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | essayera | essayez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de essayer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de essayer. |
Where the eye mixes essayera and essayez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. essayera runs 8 letters (VCCVVVCV) against essayez's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses essayera with essayez
A purely visual mix-up. essayera (\e.sɛ.jə.ʁa\) and essayez (\e.sɛ.je\) 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 45192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
essayera is recorded at frequency rank #41,279, classified as averb, pronounced \e.sɛ.jə.ʁa\. essayez is at rank #3,913, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.sɛ.je\.
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 45192, this pair ranks #204,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of essayera vs essayez
Shared letters: aesy. Private to "essayera": r. Private to "essayez": z.
"essayera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCV · "essayez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "essayera" for "essayez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "essayera" vs "essayez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "essayera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "essayez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "essayera" and "essayez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "essayera vs essayerais". 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 #204,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.