incendiéevsincendiéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: incendiée is a noun, incendiées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“incendiée” is a noun and “incendiées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,012
“incendiée” frequency rank
#43,497
“incendiées” frequency rank
75509
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incendiée incendiées
Definition Femme dont le logement a été incendié. Féminin pluriel de incendié.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set incendiée and incendiées apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
incendiée
10 ch
incendiées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: incendiée and incendiées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “incendiée” sits inside “incendiées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incendiée is recorded at frequency rank #32,012, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\. 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 75509, this pair ranks #33,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incendiée vs incendiées

Shared letters: cdeiné. Private to "incendiée": -. Private to "incendiées": s.

"incendiée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVV  ·  "incendiées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVVC

Frequency comparison

incendiée#32,012
incendiées#43,497

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incendiée" and "incendiées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incendiée" is a noun and "incendiées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "incendiée" or "incendiées"?
"incendiée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,012 in our French list, against #43,497 for "incendiées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering incendiée vs incendiées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “incendiée”; for an adjective, it's “incendiées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “incendiée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list