notéesvsnotezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#30,719
“notées” frequency rank
#12,626
“notez” frequency rank
43345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature notées notez
Definition Féminin pluriel de noté. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de noter.

Same sound, different letters: notées vs notez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

6 ch
notées
5 ch
notez

Homophone desk: notées vs notez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: notées and notez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nɔ.te\. 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 43345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

notées is recorded at frequency rank #30,719, classified as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.te\. notez is at rank #12,626, tagged as averb, pronounced \nɔ.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 43345, this pair ranks #218,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of notées vs notez

Shared letters: enot. Private to "notées": . Private to "notez": z.

"notées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "notez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • noteznnotez · noetz · notezz · nottez · notze · ntoez · ontez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "notées" and "notez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "notées" is an adjective and "notez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "notées" or "notez"?
"notez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,626 in our French list, against #30,719 for "notées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"notées" and "notez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "notées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "notées" and "notez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "notées vs noués". 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 #218,776 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