libéréevslibérezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: libérée is a adjective, libérez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“libérée” is an adjective and “libérez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,735
“libérée” frequency rank
#23,923
“libérez” frequency rank
34658
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature libérée libérez
Definition Féminin singulier de libéré. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de libérer.

Same sound, different letters: libérée vs libérez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. libérée (CVCVCVV) and libérez (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
libérée
7 ch
libérez

Same sound, different spelling - libérée / libérez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: libérée and libérez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \li.be.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 34658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

libérée is recorded at frequency rank #10,735, classified as anadj, pronounced \li.be.ʁe\. libérez is at rank #23,923, tagged as averb, pronounced \li.be.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 34658, this pair ranks #282,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of libérée vs libérez

Shared letters: beilré. Private to "libérée": -. Private to "libérez": z.

"libérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "libérez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "libérée" and "libérez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "libérée" is an adjective and "libérez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "libérée" or "libérez"?
"libérée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,735 in our French list, against #23,923 for "libérez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "libérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "libérez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "libérée" and "libérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "libérez vs lirez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #282,304 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