Which to use
“incendiée” is a noun and “incendier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,012
- “incendiée” frequency rank
- #33,734
- “incendier” frequency rank
- 65746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incendiée | incendier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme dont le logement a été incendié. | Détruire par le feu (ou mettre le feu à) un édifice, une maison, une forêt, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: incendiée vs incendier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. incendiée (VCCVCCVVV) and incendier (VCCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - incendiée / incendier
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: incendiée and incendier carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65746, 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\. incendier is at rank #33,734, tagged as averb, 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 65746, this pair ranks #70,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incendiée vs incendier
Shared letters: cdein. Private to "incendiée": é. Private to "incendier": r.
"incendiée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVV · "incendier" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incendier ← icnendier · inccendier · incednier · incenddier · incendeir · incendierr · incendire · incenider
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incendiée" for "incendier" ever safe?
Frequency check: "incendiée" vs "incendier" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "incendiée" / "incendier". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "incendiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incendier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incendiée" and "incendier" 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 #70,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.