identifiées vs identifiez

Which to use

“identifiées” and “identifiez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,449
“identifiées” frequency rank: #37,862
“identifiez” frequency rank: 55311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	identifiées	identifiez
Definition	Participe passé féminin pluriel de identifier.	Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de identifier.

Same sound, different letters: identifiées vs identifiez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. identifiées runs 11 letters (VCVCCVCVVVC) against identifiez's 10 (VCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

identifiées

10 ch

identifiez

Homophone desk: identifiées vs identifiez

This is the hard kind. identifiées and identifiez are pronounced identically (\i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

identifiées is recorded at frequency rank #17,449, classified as averb, 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 55311, this pair ranks #128,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of identifiées vs identifiez

Shared letters: defint. Private to "identifiées": sé. Private to "identifiez": z.

"identifiées" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVVC · "identifiez" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "identifiées" and "identifiez" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "identifiées" or "identifiez" show up more?

"identifiées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,449 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.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "identifiées" 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 #128,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"identifiées" 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 #128,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.