plongéesvsplongezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: plongées is a noun, plongez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“plongées” is a noun and “plongez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,207
“plongées” frequency rank
#34,675
“plongez” frequency rank
69882
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plongées plongez
Definition Pluriel de plongée. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plonger.

Same sound, different letters: plongées vs plongez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

8 ch
plongées
7 ch
plongez

Same sound, different spelling - plongées / plongez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: plongées and plongez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \plɔ̃.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, 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 69882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

plongées is recorded at frequency rank #35,207, classified as anoun, 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 69882, this pair ranks #53,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of plongées vs plongez

Shared letters: eglnop. Private to "plongées": . Private to "plongez": z.

"plongées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "plongez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plongezlpongez · pllongez · plnogez · plognez · plonegz · plongezz · plonggez · plongze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "plongées" and "plongez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "plongées" is a noun and "plongez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "plongées" vs "plongez" - which ranks higher?
"plongez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,675 in our French list, against #35,207 for "plongées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "plongées" 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 #53,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plongées" and "plongez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongées vs plongeons". 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 #53,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list