Which to use
“submerger” is a verb and “submergés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,330
- “submerger” frequency rank
- #40,516
- “submergés” frequency rank
- 85846
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | submerger | submergés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recouvrir d’eau ; faire disparaître sous les eaux. | Masculin pluriel de submergé. |
Same sound, different letters: submerger vs submergés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. submerger and submergés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: submerger vs submergés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: submerger 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
submerger is recorded at frequency rank #45,330, 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 85846, this pair ranks #10,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of submerger vs submergés
Shared letters: begmrsu. Private to "submerger": -. Private to "submergés": é.
"submerger" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "submergés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- submerger ← sbumerger · ssubmerger · subbmerger · subemrger · submegrer · submeregr · submergerr · submergger
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "submerger" and "submergés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "submerger" or "submergés"?
Useful next steps
"submerger" and "submergés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "submerger" 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 #10,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "submerger" and "submergés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "submergée vs submerger". 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 #10,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.