Which to use
“irai” and “irez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,994
- “irai” frequency rank
- #25,370
- “irez” frequency rank
- 31364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irai | irez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif futur simple de aller. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif futur simple de aller. |
Same sound, different letters: irai vs irez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Homophone desk: irai vs irez
This is the hard kind. irai and irez are pronounced identically (\i.ʁe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irai is recorded at frequency rank #5,994, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ʁe\. 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 31364, this pair ranks #304,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of irai vs irez
Shared letters: ir. Private to "irai": a. Private to "irez": ez.
"irai" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "irez" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "irai" and "irez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "irai" vs "irez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"irai" and "irez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "irai" 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 #304,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irai" and "irez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ime vs irez". 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 #304,257 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.