Which to use
“sauvées” and “sauvez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,586
- “sauvées” frequency rank
- #23,689
- “sauvez” frequency rank
- 56275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauvées | sauvez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de sauver. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauver. |
Same sound, different letters: sauvées vs sauvez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. sauvées runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against sauvez's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sauvées and sauvez
This is the hard kind. sauvées and sauvez are pronounced identically (\so.ve\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauvées is recorded at frequency rank #32,586, classified as averb, pronounced \so.ve\. sauvez is at rank #23,689, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.ve\.
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 56275, this pair ranks #122,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sauvées vs sauvez
Shared letters: aesuv. Private to "sauvées": é. Private to "sauvez": z.
"sauvées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "sauvez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sauvez ← asuvez · sauevz · sauvezz · sauvvez · sauvze · savuez · ssauvez · suavez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sauvées" for "sauvez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sauvées" or "sauvez"?
After this comparison
"sauvées" and "sauvez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauvées" and "sauvez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salves vs sauvées". 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 #122,113 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.