vérifiésvsvérifiezConfusable pair

Which to use

“vérifiés” and “vérifiez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,191
“vérifiés” frequency rank
#14,824
“vérifiez” frequency rank
44015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vérifiés vérifiez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de vérifier. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de vérifier.

Same sound, different letters: vérifiés vs vérifiez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. vérifiés and vérifiez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
vérifiés
8 ch
vérifiez

Ear matches; page differs - vérifiés and vérifiez

This is the hard kind. vérifiés and vérifiez are pronounced identically (\ve.ʁi.fje\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vérifiés is recorded at frequency rank #29,191, classified as averb, pronounced \ve.ʁi.fje\. vérifiez is at rank #14,824, tagged as averb, pronounced \ve.ʁi.fje\.

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 44015, this pair ranks #213,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vérifiés vs vérifiez

Shared letters: firvé. Private to "vérifiés": s. Private to "vérifiez": ez.

"vérifiés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "vérifiez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vérifiés" and "vérifiez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ve.ʁi.fje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "vérifiés" vs "vérifiez" - which ranks higher?
"vérifiez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,824 in our French list, against #29,191 for "vérifiés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vérifiés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vérifiez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vérifiés" and "vérifiez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vérifient vs vérifiés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #213,710 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