submergévssubmergésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: submergé is a verb, submergés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#25,824
“submergé” frequency rank
#40,516
“submergés” frequency rank
66340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature submergé submergés
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe submerger. Masculin pluriel de submergé.

Same sound, different letters: submergé vs submergés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. submergé runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against submergés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
submergé
9 ch
submergés

Ear matches; page differs - submergé and submergés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: submergé and submergés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \syb.mɛʁ.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “submergé” sits inside “submergés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66340, 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\. submergés is at rank #40,516, tagged as anadj, 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 66340, this pair ranks #68,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of submergé vs submergés

Shared letters: begmrsué. Private to "submergé": -. Private to "submergés": -.

"submergé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "submergés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "submergé" and "submergés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "submergé" is a verb and "submergés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "submergé" or "submergés"?
"submergé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,824 in our French list, against #40,516 for "submergés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "submergé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "submergés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "submergé" and "submergés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "submerger vs submergés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,268 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