Which to use
“submergé” and “submerger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,824
- “submergé” frequency rank
- #45,330
- “submerger” frequency rank
- 71154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | submergé | submerger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe submerger. | Recouvrir d’eau ; faire disparaître sous les eaux. |
Same sound, different letters: submergé vs submerger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. submergé runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against submerger's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: submergé vs submerger
This is the hard kind. submergé and submerger are pronounced identically (\syb.mɛʁ.ʒe\) 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 71154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
submergé is recorded at frequency rank #25,824, classified as averb, pronounced \syb.mɛʁ.ʒe\. submerger is at rank #45,330, tagged as averb, pronounced \syb.mɛʁ.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 71154, this pair ranks #48,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of submergé vs submerger
Shared letters: begmrsu. Private to "submergé": é. Private to "submerger": -.
"submergé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "submerger" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- submerger ← sbumerger · ssubmerger · subbmerger · subemrger · submegrer · submeregr · submergerr · submergger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "submergé" for "submerger" ever safe?
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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 "submergé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "submerger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "submergé" and "submerger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "submerger vs submergés". 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 #48,613 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.