plongésvsplongezWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
plongés
7 ch
plongez

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": . Private to "plongez": ez.

"plongés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "plongez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "plongés" and "plongez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\plɔ̃.ʒe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "plongés" vs "plongez" - which ranks higher?
"plongés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,692 in our French list, against #34,675 for "plongez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list