Which to use
“ressembles” and “ressemblez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,347
- “ressembles” frequency rank
- #29,519
- “ressemblez” frequency rank
- 52866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ressembles | ressemblez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler. |
Where the eye mixes ressembles and ressemblez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. ressembles and ressemblez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ressembles vs ressemblez
A purely visual mix-up. ressembles (\ʁə.sɑ̃bl\) and ressemblez (\ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “ressembles” becomes z in “ressemblez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ressembles is recorded at frequency rank #23,347, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\. ressemblez is at rank #29,519, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\.
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 52866, this pair ranks #144,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ressembles vs ressemblez
Shared letters: belmrs. Private to "ressembles": -. Private to "ressemblez": z.
"ressembles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC · "ressemblez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressembles ← erssembles · resembles · resesmbles · ressebmles · ressembbles · ressembels · ressembless · ressemblles
- ressemblez ← erssemblez · resemblez · resesmblez · ressebmlez · ressembblez · ressembelz · ressemblezz · ressembllez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ressembles" for "ressemblez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ressembles" or "ressemblez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ressembles" and "ressemblez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ressembles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressemblez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ressembles" and "ressemblez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressemblais vs ressembles". 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 #144,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.