Which to use
“nettoyés” and “nettoyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,317
- “nettoyés” frequency rank
- #41,923
- “nettoyez” frequency rank
- 88240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nettoyés | nettoyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de nettoyer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de nettoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: nettoyés vs nettoyez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nettoyés and nettoyez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - nettoyés / nettoyez
This is the hard kind. nettoyés and nettoyez are pronounced identically (\nɛ.twa.je\) 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 88240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nettoyés is recorded at frequency rank #46,317, classified as averb, pronounced \nɛ.twa.je\. nettoyez is at rank #41,923, tagged as averb, pronounced \nɛ.twa.je\.
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 88240, this pair ranks #7,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nettoyés vs nettoyez
Shared letters: enoty. Private to "nettoyés": sé. Private to "nettoyez": z.
"nettoyés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "nettoyez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nettoyez ← enttoyez · netotyez · netoyez · nettoeyz · nettoyezz · nettoyyez · nettoyze · nettyoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nettoyés" for "nettoyez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "nettoyés" vs "nettoyez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "nettoyés" / "nettoyez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nettoyés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nettoyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nettoyés" and "nettoyez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nettoyés vs nettoyeur". 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 #7,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.