Which to use
“improviser” is a verb and “improvisés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,242
- “improviser” frequency rank
- #39,844
- “improvisés” frequency rank
- 64086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | improviser | improvisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Composer, sans préparation et sur-le-champ, des vers, un air de musique, un discours, etc. | Masculin pluriel de improvisé. |
Same sound, different letters: improviser vs improvisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: improviser vs improvisés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: improviser and improvisés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 64086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
improviser is recorded at frequency rank #24,242, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze\. improvisés is at rank #39,844, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze\.
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 64086, this pair ranks #78,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of improviser vs improvisés
Shared letters: imoprsv. Private to "improviser": e. Private to "improvisés": é.
"improviser" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC · "improvisés" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- improviser ← immproviser · imporviser · impproviser · improivser · improviesr · improviserr · improvisre · improvisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "improviser" for "improvisés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "improviser" vs "improvisés" - which ranks higher?
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 "improviser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "improvisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "improviser" and "improvisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "improvisées vs improvisés". 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 #78,756 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.