Which to use
“identité” and “identity” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,439
- “identité” frequency rank
- #40,312
- “identity” frequency rank
- 41751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | identité | identity |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui fait qu’une chose est la même qu’une autre, que deux ou plusieurs choses ne sont qu’une ou sont comprises sous une même idée. | Identité. |
Where the eye mixes identité and identity
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. identité and identity follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: identité vs identity
A purely visual mix-up. identité (\i.dɑ̃.ti.te\) and identity (\aɪ.ˈdɛn.tɪ.ti\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - é in “identité” becomes y in “identity”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
identité is recorded at frequency rank #1,439, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.te\. identity is at rank #40,312, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aɪ.ˈdɛn.tɪ.ti\.
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 41751, this pair ranks #230,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of identité vs identity
Shared letters: deint. Private to "identité": é. Private to "identity": y.
"identité" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "identity" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- identity ← dientity · iddentity · idenitty · idenntity · identitty · identityy · identiyt · identtity
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "identité" and "identity" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "identité" vs "identity" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "identité" and "identity" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "identité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "identity" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "identité" and "identity" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identités vs identity". 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 #230,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.