Which to use
“gardée” is an adjective and “gardez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,373
- “gardée” frequency rank
- #9,169
- “gardez” frequency rank
- 25542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gardée | gardez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de gardé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de garder. |
Same sound, different letters: gardée vs gardez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: gardée vs gardez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: gardée and gardez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡaʁ.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gardée is recorded at frequency rank #16,373, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡaʁ.de\. gardez is at rank #9,169, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡaʁ.de\.
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 25542, this pair ranks #340,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gardée vs gardez
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "gardée": é. Private to "gardez": z.
"gardée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "gardez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gardez ← agrdez · gadrez · garddez · gardezz · gardze · garedz · garrdez · ggardez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gardez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gardée" and "gardez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gardée vs garner". 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 #340,285 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.