Which to use
“plongé” and “plongez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,101
- “plongé” frequency rank
- #34,675
- “plongez” frequency rank
- 45776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongé | plongez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de plonger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plonger. |
Same sound, different letters: plongé vs plongez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: plongé vs plongez
This is the hard kind. plongé and plongez are pronounced identically (\plɔ̃.ʒe\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plongé is recorded at frequency rank #11,101, classified as averb, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒe\. plongez is at rank #34,675, tagged as averb, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒe\.
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 45776, this pair ranks #200,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plongé vs plongez
Shared letters: glnop. Private to "plongé": é. Private to "plongez": ez.
"plongé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "plongez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plongez ← lpongez · pllongez · plnogez · plognez · plonegz · plongezz · plonggez · plongze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plongé" and "plongez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "plongé" or "plongez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plongez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongé" and "plongez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongées vs plongez". 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 #200,132 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.