jetezvsjetterTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,164
“jetez” frequency rank
#42,961
“jetter” frequency rank
59125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jetez jetter
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jeter. Couler (une statue en métal).

Where the eye mixes jetez and jetter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jetez runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against jetter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
jetez
6 ch
jetter

Visual trap between jetez and jetter

A purely visual mix-up. jetez (\ʒə.te\) and jetter (\ʒɛ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jetez is recorded at frequency rank #16,164, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒə.te\. jetter is at rank #42,961, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒɛ.te\.

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 59125, this pair ranks #104,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jetez vs jetter

Shared letters: ejt. Private to "jetez": z. Private to "jetter": r.

"jetez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "jetter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jetez ← ejtez · jeetz · jetezz · jettez · jetze · jjetez · jteez
  • jetter ← ejtter · jetetr · jetterr · jettre · jjetter · jteter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jetez" for "jetter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʒə.te\ versus \ʒɛ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "jetez" or "jetter"?
"jetez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,164 in our French list, against #42,961 for "jetter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "jetez" and "jetter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jetez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jetter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jetez" and "jetter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jetter vs jettera". 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 #104,927 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