iepvsirezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: iep is a noun, irez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“iep” is a noun and “irez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,199
“iep” frequency rank
#25,370
“irez” frequency rank
53569
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature iep irez
Definition Orme. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif futur simple de aller.

Letter map: iep vs irez

Shared letters muted; letters that set iep and irez apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
iep
4 ch
irez

Grammar separator: iep vs irez

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: iep is anoun and irezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

iep is recorded at frequency rank #28,199, classified as anoun. 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 53569, this pair ranks #139,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of iep vs irez

Shared letters: ei. Private to "iep": p. Private to "irez": rz.

"iep" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "irez" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • irezierz · irezz · irrez · irze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "iep" for "irez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "iep" is a noun and "irez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "iep" or "irez" show up more?
"irez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,370 in our French list, against #28,199 for "iep". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "iep" and "irez".

  • Full dictionary entry for "iep" 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 #139,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "iep" and "irez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "iep 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 #139,838 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