incorporevsincorporésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,852
“incorpore” frequency rank
#35,097
“incorporés” frequency rank
73949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes incorpore and incorporés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. incorpore runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against incorporés's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
incorpore
10 ch
incorporés

Visual trap between incorpore and incorporés

A purely visual mix-up. incorpore (\ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔʁ\) and incorporés (\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 73949, 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\. incorporés is at rank #35,097, 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 73949, this pair ranks #38,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of incorpore vs incorporés

Shared letters: cinopr. Private to "incorpore": e. Private to "incorporés": sé.

"incorpore" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "incorporés" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "incorpore" and "incorporés" be used interchangeably?
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 "incorporés"?
"incorporés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,097 in our French list, against #38,852 for "incorpore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "incorpore" and "incorporés" 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 "incorporés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incorpore" and "incorporés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorpore 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 #38,773 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