Which to use
“passées” is an adjective and “passerez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,057
- “passées” frequency rank
- #28,283
- “passerez” frequency rank
- 33340
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passées | passerez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de passé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de passer. |
Where the eye mixes passées and passerez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses passées with passerez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: passées is \pa.se\ while passerez is \pa.sə.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passées is recorded at frequency rank #5,057, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.se\. passerez is at rank #28,283, tagged as averb, pronounced \pa.sə.ʁe\.
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 33340, this pair ranks #291,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passées vs passerez
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "passées": é. Private to "passerez": rz.
"passées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "passerez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passerez ← apsserez · paserez · pasesrez · passeerz · passerezz · passerrez · passerze · passreez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passées" for "passerez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "passées" or "passerez"?
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 "passées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passerez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passées" and "passerez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passeras vs passerez". 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 #291,285 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.