incorporevsincorporéesWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“incorpore” and “incorporées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,852
“incorpore” frequency rank
#47,960
“incorporées” frequency rank
86812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incorpore incorporées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incorporer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de incorporer.

Where the eye mixes incorpore and incorporées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. incorpore runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against incorporées's 11 (VCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
incorpore
11 ch
incorporées

Look-alike desk: incorpore vs incorporées

A purely visual mix-up. incorpore (\ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔʁ\) and incorporées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86812, 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\. incorporées is at rank #47,960, 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 86812, this pair ranks #9,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incorpore vs incorporées

Shared letters: ceinopr. Private to "incorpore": -. Private to "incorporées": sé.

"incorpore" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "incorporées" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incorpore ← icnorpore · inccorpore · incoprore · incoropre · incorpoer · incorppore · incorproe · incorrpore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "incorpore" for "incorporées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔʁ\ versus \ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "incorpore" or "incorporées"?
"incorpore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,852 in our French list, against #47,960 for "incorporées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "incorpore" and "incorporées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incorpore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "incorporées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incorpore" and "incorporées" 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 #9,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list