transformévstransformezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,301
“transformé” frequency rank
#48,840
“transformez” frequency rank
54141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transformé transformez
Definition Qualifie un organisme issu d’une transformation génétique. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de transformer.

Same sound, different letters: transformé vs transformez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

10 ch
transformé
11 ch
transformez

Homophone desk: transformé vs transformez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transformé and transformez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transformé is recorded at frequency rank #5,301, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\. transformez is at rank #48,840, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\.

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 54141, this pair ranks #135,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of transformé vs transformez

Shared letters: afmnorst. Private to "transformé": é. Private to "transformez": ez.

"transformé" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCV  ·  "transformez" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transformezrtansformez · tarnsformez · tranfsormez · trannsformez · transfformez · transfomrez · transforemz · transformezz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transformé" and "transformez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transformé" is an adjective and "transformez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "transformé" or "transformez"?
"transformé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,301 in our French list, against #48,840 for "transformez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "transformé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transformez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #135,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transformé" and "transformez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transformera vs transformez". 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 #135,989 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