Which to use
“plongés” and “plongez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,692
- “plongés” frequency rank
- #34,675
- “plongez” frequency rank
- 63367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongés | plongez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de plonger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de plonger. |
Same sound, different letters: plongés vs plongez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. plongés and plongez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: plongés vs plongez
This is the hard kind. plongés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plongés is recorded at frequency rank #28,692, 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 63367, this pair ranks #82,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plongés vs plongez
Shared letters: glnop. Private to "plongés": sé. Private to "plongez": ez.
"plongés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "plongez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plongez ← lpongez · pllongez · plnogez · plognez · plonegz · plongezz · plonggez · plongze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plongés" and "plongez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "plongés" vs "plongez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "plongés" / "plongez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongés" 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 #82,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongés" and "plongez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongeons vs plongés". 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 #82,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.