libéréesvslibérezTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#22,605
“libérées” frequency rank
#23,923
“libérez” frequency rank
46528
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: libérées vs libérez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. libérées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against libérez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
libérées
7 ch
libérez

Same sound, different spelling - libérées / libérez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: libérées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

libérées is recorded at frequency rank #22,605, 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 46528, this pair ranks #194,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of libérées vs libérez

Shared letters: beilré. Private to "libérées": s. Private to "libérez": z.

"libérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "libérez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "libérées" and "libérez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "libérées" is an adjective and "libérez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "libérées" or "libérez" show up more?
"libérées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,605 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 "libérées" 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 #194,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "libérées" and "libérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "libérez vs lirez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #194,186 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