Which to use
“participer” and “participez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,489
- “participer” frequency rank
- #19,362
- “participez” frequency rank
- 20851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | participer | participez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Agir en commun, à quelque action, avec autrui ; coopérer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de participer. |
Same sound, different letters: participer vs participez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - participer and participez
This is the hard kind. participer and participez are pronounced identically (\paʁ.ti.si.pe\) 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 differ by a single letter - r in “participer” becomes z in “participez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
participer is recorded at frequency rank #1,489, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ti.si.pe\. participez is at rank #19,362, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ti.si.pe\.
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 20851, this pair ranks #366,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of participer vs participez
Shared letters: aceiprt. Private to "participer": -. Private to "participez": z.
"participer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "participez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- participer ← aprticiper · paritciper · parrticiper · partciiper · particciper · particiepr · participerr · participper
- participez ← aprticipez · paritcipez · parrticipez · partciipez · particcipez · particiepz · participezz · particippez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "participer" and "participez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "participer" vs "participez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "participer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "participez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "participer" and "participez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "participes vs participez". 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 #366,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.