Which to use
“plaignent” and “plaignez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,923
- “plaignent” frequency rank
- #36,101
- “plaignez” frequency rank
- 47024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plaignent | plaignez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plaindre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de plaindre. |
Where the eye mixes plaignent and plaignez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. plaignent runs 9 letters (CCVVCCVCC) against plaignez's 8 (CCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between plaignent and plaignez
A purely visual mix-up. plaignent (\plɛɲ\) and plaignez (\plɛ.ɲe\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plaignent is recorded at frequency rank #10,923, classified as averb, pronounced \plɛɲ\. plaignez is at rank #36,101, tagged as averb, pronounced \plɛ.ɲe\.
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 47024, this pair ranks #190,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plaignent vs plaignez
Shared letters: aegilnp. Private to "plaignent": t. Private to "plaignez": z.
"plaignent" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "plaignez" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plaignent" and "plaignez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "plaignent" or "plaignez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plaignent" and "plaignez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plaignent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaignez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plaignent" and "plaignez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plaigne vs plaignez". 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 #190,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.