interrogent

\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\

/\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“interrogent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,361
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-interrogent · interrogent · French

interrogent · rank #21,361 · 15 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,361
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intercepter

Nearest frequency peer: intercepter (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « interrogent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « interrogent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

interrogent vs interroger
82% similar
interrogent vs interrogez
82% similar
interrogent vs interroge
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for interrogent
PropertyValue
Headwordinterrogent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,361
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « interrogent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.interrogentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intercepter » (#21,360), « interrompt » (#21,362), « interactif » (#21,359). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « interrogent » est au #21,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around interrogent (IPA \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,361 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for interrogent, with forms such as "inetrrogent", "innterrogent", and "interogent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "interroger", "interrogez", "interroge", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is interrogent, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de interroger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how interrogent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il se tourna vers Capevirade toujours à demi absent de ce débat où se réglait son sort, pareil au cobaye qui rongeote, indifférent, tandis que de doctes personnages s’interrogent autour de lui sur les virus et les microbes qu’on lui injectera.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrrogent
  • innterrogent
  • interogent
  • interorgent
  • interrgoent
  • interroegnt
  • interrogennt
  • interrogentt
  • interrogetn
  • interroggent
  • interrognet
  • intrerogent
  • intterrogent
  • itnerrogent
  • niterrogent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interrogent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetrrogent2innterrogent1interogent1interorgent2interrgoent2interroegnt2interrogennt1interrogentt1
Edit distance from "interrogent"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "interrogent"?
"interrogent" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\.
What does "interrogent" mean?
As a verb, "interrogent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger.
What words are commonly confused with "interrogent"?
"interrogent" is commonly confused with "interroger", "interrogez", "interroge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "interrogent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "interrogent" is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "interrogent" come from?
"interrogent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interrogent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intercepter#21,360interviewer#21,363intouchable#21,364infaillible#21,355

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

interactif15 variantsinstincts15 variantsforfaitaire15 variantsexploitent15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list