Which to use
“incendie” is a noun and “incendiées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,826
- “incendie” frequency rank
- #43,497
- “incendiées” frequency rank
- 46323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incendie | incendiées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réaction de combustion, feu non maîtrisé dans le temps et l’espace conduisant à l’embrasement d’un édifice, d’une maison, d’une forêt, etc. | Féminin pluriel de incendié. |
Where the eye mixes incendie and incendiées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. incendie runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against incendiées's 10 (VCCVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses incendie with incendiées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incendie is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\ while incendiées is \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incendie is recorded at frequency rank #2,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\. incendiées is at rank #43,497, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\.
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 46323, this pair ranks #195,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incendie vs incendiées
Shared letters: cdein. Private to "incendie": -. Private to "incendiées": sé.
"incendie" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "incendiées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incendie ← icnendie · inccendie · incednie · incenddie · incendei · incenide · incenndie · incnedie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incendie" for "incendiées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "incendie" or "incendiées" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "incendie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incendiées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incendie" and "incendiées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incendiées vs incendier". 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 #195,875 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.