Which to use
“méritée” and “méritez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,805
- “méritée” frequency rank
- #19,348
- “méritez” frequency rank
- 38153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | méritée | méritez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de mériter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mériter. |
Same sound, different letters: méritée vs méritez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. méritée (CVCVCVV) and méritez (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - méritée and méritez
This is the hard kind. méritée and méritez are pronounced identically (\me.ʁi.te\) 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 38153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
méritée is recorded at frequency rank #18,805, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\. méritez is at rank #19,348, tagged as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.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 38153, this pair ranks #257,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of méritée vs méritez
Shared letters: eimrté. Private to "méritée": -. Private to "méritez": z.
"méritée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "méritez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "méritée" and "méritez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "méritée" or "méritez" show up more?
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 "méritée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "méritez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "méritée" and "méritez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méritées vs méritez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #257,288 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.