Which to use
“organiser” and “organisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,728
- “organiser” frequency rank
- #37,460
- “organisez” frequency rank
- 40188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organiser | organisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Disposer les parties d’un corps pour les fonctions auxquelles il est destiné. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de organiser. |
Where the eye mixes organiser and organisez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. organiser and organisez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses organiser with organisez
A purely visual mix-up. organiser (\ɔʁ.ga.ni.ze\) 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 a single letter - r in “organiser” becomes z in “organisez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organiser is recorded at frequency rank #2,728, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.ga.ni.ze\. 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 40188, this pair ranks #242,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of organiser vs organisez
Shared letters: aeginors. Private to "organiser": -. Private to "organisez": z.
"organiser" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "organisez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "organiser" and "organisez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "organiser" or "organisez"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "organiser" 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 #242,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organiser" 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 #242,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.