touchésvstouchezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#10,089
“touchés” frequency rank
#20,303
“touchez” frequency rank
30392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature touchés touchez
Definition Masculin pluriel de touché. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de toucher.

Where the spellings diverge

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

7 ch
touchés
7 ch
touchez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: touchés and touchez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tu.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 30392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

touchés is recorded at frequency rank #10,089, classified as anadj, pronounced \tu.ʃe\. 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 30392, this pair ranks #310,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of touchés vs touchez

Shared letters: chotu. Private to "touchés": . Private to "touchez": ez.

"touchés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "touchez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • touchezotuchez · tocuhez · toucchez · toucehz · touchezz · touchhez · touchze · touhcez

Frequency comparison

touchés#10,089
touchez#20,303

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "touchés" and "touchez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "touchés" is an adjective and "touchez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "touchés" or "touchez"?
"touchés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,089 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 touchés vs touchez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “touchés”; for a verb, it's “touchez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “touchés” 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