Which to use
“ien” is an article and “irez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,335
- “ien” frequency rank
- #25,370
- “irez” frequency rank
- 66705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ien | irez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Un, une | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif futur simple de aller. |
Letter map: ien vs irez
Shared letters muted; letters that set ien and irez apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ien / irez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ien is anarticle and irezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ien is recorded at frequency rank #41,335, classified as anarticle. irez is at rank #25,370, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ʁe\.
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 66705, this pair ranks #66,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ien vs irez
Shared letters: ei. Private to "ien": n. Private to "irez": rz.
"ien" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "irez" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- irez ← ierz · irezz · irrez · irze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ien" for "irez" ever safe?
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "ien" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ien" and "irez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ien vs isi". 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 #66,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.