Which to use
“incendiée” and “incendies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,012
- “incendiée” frequency rank
- #10,177
- “incendies” frequency rank
- 42189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incendiée | incendies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme dont le logement a été incendié. | Pluriel de incendie. |
Where the eye mixes incendiée and incendies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. incendiée (VCCVCCVVV) and incendies (VCCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses incendiée with incendies
A purely visual mix-up. incendiée (\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\) and incendies (\ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42189, 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\. incendies is at rank #10,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di\.
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 42189, this pair ranks #227,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incendiée vs incendies
Shared letters: cdein. Private to "incendiée": é. Private to "incendies": s.
"incendiée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVV · "incendies" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incendies ← icnendies · inccendies · incednies · incenddies · incendeis · incendiess · incendise · incenides
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incendiée" for "incendies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "incendiée" vs "incendies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "incendiée" and "incendies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "incendiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incendies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incendiée" and "incendies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incendiée vs incendiées". 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 #227,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.