Which to use
“incline” and “incliner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,151
- “incline” frequency rank
- #18,778
- “incliner” frequency rank
- 34929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incline | incliner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner. | Mettre dans une situation oblique, par rapport au plan de l’horizon. |
Where the eye mixes incline and incliner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. incline runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against incliner's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: incline vs incliner
A purely visual mix-up. incline (\ɛ̃.klin\) and incliner (\ɛ̃.kli.ne\) 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 extra letter(s) - “incline” sits inside “incliner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incline is recorded at frequency rank #16,151, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.klin\. incliner is at rank #18,778, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kli.ne\.
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 34929, this pair ranks #280,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incline vs incliner
Shared letters: ceiln. Private to "incline": -. Private to "incliner": r.
"incline" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "incliner" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incline" and "incliner" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "incline" vs "incliner" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "incline" and "incliner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "incline" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incliner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incline" and "incliner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclinent vs incliner". 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 #280,382 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.