rangésvsrangezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,589
“rangés” frequency rank
#30,326
“rangez” frequency rank
57915
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rangés rangez
Definition Masculin pluriel de rangé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ranger.

Same sound, different letters: rangés vs rangez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

6 ch
rangés
6 ch
rangez

Same sound, different spelling - rangés / rangez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rangés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rangés is recorded at frequency rank #27,589, 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 57915, this pair ranks #112,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rangés vs rangez

Shared letters: agnr. Private to "rangés": . Private to "rangez": ez.

"rangés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "rangez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rangés" and "rangez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rangés" is an adjective and "rangez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rangés" or "rangez" show up more?
"rangés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,589 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

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rangés" 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 #112,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rangés" and "rangez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rangés vs ravagés". 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 #112,163 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