Which to use
“passer” and “passerez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #293
- “passer” frequency rank
- #28,283
- “passerez” frequency rank
- 28576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passer | passerez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aller d’un lieu à un autre, traverser un espace. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de passer. |
Where the eye mixes passer and passerez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. passer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against passerez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses passer with passerez
A purely visual mix-up. passer (\pa.se\) and passerez (\pa.sə.ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “passer” sits inside “passerez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passer is recorded at frequency rank #293, classified as averb, 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 28576, this pair ranks #321,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passer vs passerez
Shared letters: aeprs. Private to "passer": -. Private to "passerez": z.
"passer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "passerez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passer" for "passerez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "passer" vs "passerez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "passer" 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 #321,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passer" 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 #321,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.