touchvstouchezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: touch is a noun, touchez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“touch” is a noun and “touchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,080
“touch” frequency rank
#20,303
“touchez” frequency rank
33383
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature touch touchez
Definition Toucher (sens du). Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de toucher.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set touch and touchez apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
touch
7 ch
touchez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: touch is \tʌt͡ʃ\ while touchez is \tu.ʃe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “touch” sits inside “touchez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

touch is recorded at frequency rank #13,080, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʌt͡ʃ\. touchez is at rank #20,303, tagged as averb, pronounced \tu.ʃe\.

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 33383, this pair ranks #290,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of touch vs touchez

Shared letters: chotu. Private to "touch": -. Private to "touchez": ez.

"touch" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "touchez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • touchotuch · tocuh · toucch · touchh · touhc · ttouch · tuoch
  • touchezotuchez · tocuhez · toucchez · toucehz · touchezz · touchhez · touchze · touhcez

Frequency comparison

touch#13,080
touchez#20,303

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "touch" and "touchez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "touch" is a noun and "touchez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "touch" or "touchez"?
"touch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,080 in our French list, against #20,303 for "touchez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering touch vs touchez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “touch”; for a verb, it's “touchez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “touch” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list