Which to use
“pratiquées” and “pratiquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,656
- “pratiquées” frequency rank
- #36,541
- “pratiquez” frequency rank
- 60197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pratiquées | pratiquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de pratiquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pratiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: pratiquées vs pratiquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pratiquées runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVVVC) against pratiquez's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pratiquées and pratiquez
This is the hard kind. pratiquées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pratiquées is recorded at frequency rank #23,656, 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 60197, this pair ranks #98,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pratiquées vs pratiquez
Shared letters: aeipqrtu. Private to "pratiquées": sé. Private to "pratiquez": z.
"pratiquées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVVC · "pratiquez" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pratiquez ← partiquez · ppratiquez · praitquez · pratiqeuz · pratiqquez · pratiquezz · pratiquze · pratiuqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pratiquées" and "pratiquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pratiquées" or "pratiquez"?
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 "pratiquées" 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 #98,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pratiquées" and "pratiquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pratiquée 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 #98,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.