Which to use
“incorporée” and “incorporés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,350
- “incorporée” frequency rank
- #35,097
- “incorporés” frequency rank
- 74447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incorporée | incorporés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de incorporer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de incorporer. |
Same sound, different letters: incorporée vs incorporés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. incorporée (VCCVCCVCVV) and incorporés (VCCVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: incorporée vs incorporés
This is the hard kind. incorporée and incorporés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “incorporée” becomes s in “incorporés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incorporée is recorded at frequency rank #39,350, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁe\. 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 74447, this pair ranks #37,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incorporée vs incorporés
Shared letters: cinopré. Private to "incorporée": e. Private to "incorporés": s.
"incorporée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "incorporés" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incorporée" for "incorporés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "incorporée" vs "incorporés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "incorporée" / "incorporés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "incorporée" 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 #37,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incorporée" and "incorporés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorporée vs incorporées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #37,145 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.