Which to use
“forgée” and “formez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,690
- “forgée” frequency rank
- #30,614
- “formez” frequency rank
- 64304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forgée | formez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de forger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de former. |
Where the eye mixes forgée and formez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. forgée (CVCCVV) and formez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses forgée with formez
A purely visual mix-up. forgée (\fɔʁ.ʒe\) and formez (\fɔʁ.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forgée is recorded at frequency rank #33,690, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.ʒe\. formez is at rank #30,614, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.me\.
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 64304, this pair ranks #77,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of forgée vs formez
Shared letters: efor. Private to "forgée": gé. Private to "formez": mz.
"forgée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "formez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- formez ← fformez · fomrez · foremz · formezz · formmez · formze · forrmez · fromez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "forgée" for "formez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "forgée" or "formez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "forgée" and "formez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "forgée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forgée" and "formez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forman vs formez". 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 #77,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.