gagnéesvsgagnezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gagnées is a adjective, gagnez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gagnées” is an adjective and “gagnez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,827
“gagnées” frequency rank
#13,177
“gagnez” frequency rank
46004
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gagnées gagnez
Definition Féminin pluriel de gagné. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gagner.

Same sound, different letters: gagnées vs gagnez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. gagnées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against gagnez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
gagnées
6 ch
gagnez

Same sound, different spelling - gagnées / gagnez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: gagnées and gagnez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡa.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gagnées is recorded at frequency rank #32,827, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲe\. gagnez is at rank #13,177, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡa.ɲe\.

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 46004, this pair ranks #198,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gagnées vs gagnez

Shared letters: aegn. Private to "gagnées": . Private to "gagnez": z.

"gagnées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "gagnez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gagnezaggnez · gagenz · gaggnez · gagnezz · gagnnez · gagnze · gangez · ggagnez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gagnées" and "gagnez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gagnées" is an adjective and "gagnez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gagnées" vs "gagnez" - which ranks higher?
"gagnez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,177 in our French list, against #32,827 for "gagnées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"gagnées" and "gagnez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gagnées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gagnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gagnées" and "gagnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gagnées vs gagneras". 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 #198,383 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