Which to use
“figurer” and “figurez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,161
- “figurer” frequency rank
- #31,961
- “figurez” frequency rank
- 42122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figurer | figurez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Représenter par le dessin, par la peinture, par la sculpture, etc. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de figurer. |
Same sound, different letters: figurer vs figurez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. figurer and figurez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: figurer vs figurez
This is the hard kind. figurer and figurez are pronounced identically (\fi.ɡy.ʁe\) 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 “figurer” becomes z in “figurez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figurer is recorded at frequency rank #10,161, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.ɡy.ʁe\. figurez is at rank #31,961, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.ɡy.ʁe\.
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 42122, this pair ranks #228,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of figurer vs figurez
Shared letters: efgiru. Private to "figurer": -. Private to "figurez": z.
"figurer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "figurez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "figurer" for "figurez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "figurer" vs "figurez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "figurer" / "figurez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "figurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "figurez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figurer" and "figurez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figuier vs figurez". 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 #228,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.