identifiévsidentifiezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,571
“identifié” frequency rank
#37,862
“identifiez” frequency rank
43433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature identifié identifiez
Definition Dont l’identité est connue. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de identifier.

Same sound, different letters: identifié vs identifiez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. identifié runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVV) against identifiez's 10 (VCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
identifié
10 ch
identifiez

Ear matches; page differs - identifié and identifiez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: identifié and identifiez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\. 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 43433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

identifié is recorded at frequency rank #5,571, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\. identifiez is at rank #37,862, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\.

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 43433, this pair ranks #218,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of identifié vs identifiez

Shared letters: defint. Private to "identifié": é. Private to "identifiez": z.

"identifié" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVV  ·  "identifiez" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • identifiez ← dientifiez · iddentifiez · idenitfiez · idenntifiez · identfiiez · identifeiz · identiffiez · identifiezz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "identifié" for "identifiez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "identifié" is an adjective and "identifiez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "identifié" vs "identifiez" - which ranks higher?
"identifié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,571 in our French list, against #37,862 for "identifiez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "identifié" / "identifiez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "identifié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "identifiez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "identifié" and "identifiez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identifient vs identifiez". 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 #218,093 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