Which to use
“pratiquée” and “pratiquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,221
- “pratiquée” frequency rank
- #36,541
- “pratiquez” frequency rank
- 48762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pratiquée | pratiquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de pratiquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pratiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: pratiquée vs pratiquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pratiquée (CCVCVCVVV) and pratiquez (CCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - pratiquée / pratiquez
This is the hard kind. pratiquée and pratiquez are pronounced identically (\pʁa.ti.ke\) 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 48762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pratiquée is recorded at frequency rank #12,221, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁa.ti.ke\. pratiquez is at rank #36,541, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁa.ti.ke\.
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 48762, this pair ranks #176,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pratiquée vs pratiquez
Shared letters: aeipqrtu. Private to "pratiquée": é. Private to "pratiquez": z.
"pratiquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV · "pratiquez" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pratiquez ← partiquez · ppratiquez · praitquez · pratiqeuz · pratiqquez · pratiquezz · pratiquze · pratiuqez
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "pratiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pratiquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pratiquée" and "pratiquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pratiquées vs pratiquez". 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 #176,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.