Which to use
“incite” and “incline” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,178
- “incite” frequency rank
- #16,151
- “incline” frequency rank
- 26329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incite | incline |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de inciter. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner. |
Where the eye mixes incite and incline
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. incite runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against incline's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: incite vs incline
A purely visual mix-up. incite (\ɛ̃.sit\) and incline (\ɛ̃.klin\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incite is recorded at frequency rank #10,178, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.sit\. incline is at rank #16,151, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.klin\.
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 26329, this pair ranks #335,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of incite vs incline
Shared letters: cein. Private to "incite": t. Private to "incline": l.
"incite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "incline" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "incite" and "incline" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "incite" or "incline" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "incite" and "incline" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "incite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incline" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incite" and "incline" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incite vs income". 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 #335,681 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.