organise vs organisez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“organise” and “organisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,699
“organise” frequency rank: #37,460
“organisez” frequency rank: 41159
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	organise	organisez
Definition	Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de organiser.	Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de organiser.

Where the eye mixes organise and organisez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. organise runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against organisez's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

organise

9 ch

organisez

Visual trap between organise and organisez

A purely visual mix-up. organise (\ɔʁ.ɡa.niz\) and organisez (\ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “organise” sits inside “organisez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organise is recorded at frequency rank #3,699, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.niz\. organisez is at rank #37,460, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.ze\.

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 41159, this pair ranks #235,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of organise vs organisez

Shared letters: aeginors. Private to "organise": -. Private to "organisez": z.

"organise" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "organisez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

organise ← ogranise · oragnise · orgainse · organies · organisse · organnise · organsie · orgganise
organisez ← ogranisez · oragnisez · orgainsez · organiesz · organisezz · organissez · organisze · organnisez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "organise" and "organisez" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently (\ɔʁ.ɡa.niz\ versus \ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

In ordinary French text, does "organise" or "organisez" show up more?

"organise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,699 in our French list, against #37,460 for "organisez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "organise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "organisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #235,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"organise" and "organisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisa vs organisez". 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 #235,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.