Which to use
“incliner” and “infliger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,778
- “incliner” frequency rank
- #15,908
- “infliger” frequency rank
- 34686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incliner | infliger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre dans une situation oblique, par rapport au plan de l’horizon. | Frapper quelqu’un d’une peine pour une transgression, une faute, un délit ou un crime. |
Where the eye mixes incliner and infliger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. incliner and infliger follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between incliner and infliger
A purely visual mix-up. incliner (\ɛ̃.kli.ne\) and infliger (\ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\) 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 34686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incliner is recorded at frequency rank #18,778, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kli.ne\. infliger is at rank #15,908, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\.
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 34686, this pair ranks #282,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incliner vs infliger
Shared letters: eilnr. Private to "incliner": c. Private to "infliger": fg.
"incliner" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC · "infliger" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incliner" for "infliger" ever safe?
Which is more common, "incliner" or "infliger"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "incliner" and "infliger" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "incliner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infliger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incliner" and "infliger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infligent vs infliger". 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 #282,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.