Which to use
“mérités” and “méritez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,260
- “mérités” frequency rank
- #19,348
- “méritez” frequency rank
- 47608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mérités | méritez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mériter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mériter. |
Same sound, different letters: mérités vs méritez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. mérités and méritez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mérités and méritez
This is the hard kind. mérités 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 47608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mérités is recorded at frequency rank #28,260, 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 47608, this pair ranks #185,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mérités vs méritez
Shared letters: imrté. Private to "mérités": s. Private to "méritez": ez.
"mérités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "méritez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mérités" and "méritez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mérités" vs "méritez" - which ranks higher?
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 "mérités" 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 #185,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mérités" and "méritez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mérités vs méritons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #185,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.