Which to use
“oubliées” is an adjective and “oubliez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,361
- “oubliées” frequency rank
- #3,554
- “oubliez” frequency rank
- 22915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oubliées | oubliez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de oublié. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de oublier. |
Same sound, different letters: oubliées vs oubliez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. oubliées runs 8 letters (VVCCVVVC) against oubliez's 7 (VVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - oubliées / oubliez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: oubliées and oubliez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \u.bli.je\. 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 22915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oubliées is recorded at frequency rank #19,361, classified as anadj, pronounced \u.bli.je\. oubliez is at rank #3,554, tagged as averb, pronounced \u.bli.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 22915, this pair ranks #355,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of oubliées vs oubliez
Shared letters: beilou. Private to "oubliées": sé. Private to "oubliez": z.
"oubliées" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVVC · "oubliez" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- oubliez ← obuliez · oubbliez · oubilez · oubleiz · oubliezz · oublize · oublliez · oulbiez
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "oubliées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oubliez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oubliées" and "oubliez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oubliées vs oublieras". 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 #355,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.