Which to use
“incorporer” and “incorporés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,246
- “incorporer” frequency rank
- #35,097
- “incorporés” frequency rank
- 59343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incorporer | incorporés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mêler, unir ensemble certaines matières, et en faire un corps qui ait quelque consistance. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de incorporer. |
Same sound, different letters: incorporer vs incorporés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. incorporer and incorporés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: incorporer vs incorporés
This is the hard kind. incorporer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incorporer is recorded at frequency rank #24,246, 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 59343, this pair ranks #103,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incorporer vs incorporés
Shared letters: cinopr. Private to "incorporer": e. Private to "incorporés": sé.
"incorporer" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "incorporés" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incorporer ← icnorporer · inccorporer · incoprorer · incoroprer · incorpoerr · incorporerr · incorporre · incorporrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incorporer" for "incorporés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "incorporer" vs "incorporés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "incorporer" / "incorporés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "incorporer" 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 #103,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incorporer" and "incorporés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incorporées vs incorporés". 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 #103,680 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.