rangéesvsrangezTell them apart

Quick tell: rangées is a adjective, rangez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rangées” is an adjective and “rangez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,479
“rangées” frequency rank
#30,326
“rangez” frequency rank
45805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rangées rangez
Definition Féminin pluriel de rangé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ranger.

Same sound, different letters: rangées vs rangez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

7 ch
rangées
6 ch
rangez

Ear matches; page differs - rangées and rangez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rangées and rangez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rangées is recorded at frequency rank #15,479, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. rangez is at rank #30,326, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.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 45805, this pair ranks #199,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rangées vs rangez

Shared letters: aegnr. Private to "rangées": . Private to "rangez": z.

"rangées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "rangez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rangezarngez · ragnez · ranegz · rangezz · ranggez · rangze · ranngez · rnagez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rangées" and "rangez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rangées" is an adjective and "rangez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rangées" vs "rangez" - which ranks higher?
"rangées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,479 in our French list, against #30,326 for "rangez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rangées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rangez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #199,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rangées" and "rangez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rangent vs rangez". 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 #199,903 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