Which to use
“incorpore” and “incorporée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,852
- “incorpore” frequency rank
- #39,350
- “incorporée” frequency rank
- 78202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incorpore | incorporée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incorporer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de incorporer. |
Where the eye mixes incorpore and incorporée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. incorpore runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against incorporée's 10 (VCCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: incorpore vs incorporée
A purely visual mix-up. incorpore (\ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔʁ\) and incorporée (\ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe\) 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 78202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incorpore is recorded at frequency rank #38,852, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔʁ\. incorporée is at rank #39,350, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe\.
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 78202, this pair ranks #26,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incorpore vs incorporée
Shared letters: ceinopr. Private to "incorpore": -. Private to "incorporée": é.
"incorpore" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "incorporée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- incorpore ← icnorpore · inccorpore · incoprore · incoropre · incorpoer · incorppore · incorproe · incorrpore
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incorpore" for "incorporée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "incorpore" or "incorporée"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "incorpore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incorporée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incorpore" and "incorporée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorporée vs incorporées". 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 #26,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.