Which to use
“pressés” is an adjective and “pressez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,969
- “pressés” frequency rank
- #43,082
- “pressez” frequency rank
- 59051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pressés | pressez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de pressé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de presser. |
Same sound, different letters: pressés vs pressez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: pressés vs pressez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: pressés and pressez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɛ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pressés is recorded at frequency rank #15,969, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.se\. pressez is at rank #43,082, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɛ.se\.
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 59051, this pair ranks #105,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pressés vs pressez
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "pressés": é. Private to "pressez": z.
"pressés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "pressez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pressez ← perssez · ppressez · presesz · presez · pressezz · pressze · prressez · prsesez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pressés" and "pressez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "pressés" or "pressez" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pressés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pressez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pressés" and "pressez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pressées vs pressez". 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 #105,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.