Which to use
“placées” is an adjective and “placez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,533
- “placées” frequency rank
- #22,373
- “placez” frequency rank
- 31906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | placées | placez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de placé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de placer. |
Same sound, different letters: placées vs placez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. placées runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against placez's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - placées and placez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: placées and placez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pla.se\. 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 31906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
placées is recorded at frequency rank #9,533, classified as anadj, pronounced \pla.se\. placez is at rank #22,373, tagged as averb, pronounced \pla.se\.
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 31906, this pair ranks #300,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of placées vs placez
Shared letters: acelp. Private to "placées": sé. Private to "placez": z.
"placées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "placez" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- placez ← lpacez · palcez · placcez · placezz · placze · plaecz · plcaez · pllacez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "placées" and "placez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "placées" or "placez" show up more?
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 "placées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "placez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "placées" and "placez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palaces vs placez". 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 #300,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.