Which to use
“incendiées” is an adjective and “incendier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,497
- “incendiées” frequency rank
- #33,734
- “incendier” frequency rank
- 77231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incendiées | incendier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de incendié. | Détruire par le feu (ou mettre le feu à) un édifice, une maison, une forêt, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: incendiées vs incendier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. incendiées runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVVVC) against incendier's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - incendiées / incendier
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: incendiées and incendier carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incendiées is recorded at frequency rank #43,497, classified as anadj, 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 77231, this pair ranks #28,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incendiées vs incendier
Shared letters: cdein. Private to "incendiées": sé. Private to "incendier": r.
"incendiées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVVC · "incendier" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incendier ← icnendier · inccendier · incednier · incenddier · incendeir · incendierr · incendire · incenider
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "incendiées" 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 #28,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incendiées" and "incendier" 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 #28,991 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.