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“présenter” and “présentez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,400
“présenter” frequency rank
#20,828
“présentez” frequency rank
22228
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature présenter présentez
Definition Montrer une première fois ; mettre un objet sous les yeux de quelqu'un. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de présenter.

Same sound, different letters: présenter vs présentez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

9 ch
présenter
9 ch
présentez

Ear matches; page differs - présenter and présentez

This is the hard kind. présenter and présentez are pronounced identically (\pʁe.zɑ̃.te\) 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 a single letter - r in “présenter” becomes z in “présentez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

présenter is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.zɑ̃.te\. présentez is at rank #20,828, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.zɑ̃.te\.

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 22228, this pair ranks #359,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of présenter vs présentez

Shared letters: enprsté. Private to "présenter": -. Private to "présentez": z.

"présenter" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC  ·  "présentez" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "présenter" for "présentez" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁe.zɑ̃.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "présenter" or "présentez"?
"présenter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,400 in our French list, against #20,828 for "présentez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

"présenter" and "présentez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "présenter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "présentez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #359,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "présenter" and "présentez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "présentez vs prétendez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #359,163 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