Which to use
“indexé” is an adjective and “insère” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,498
- “indexé” frequency rank
- #22,903
- “insère” frequency rank
- 66401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indexé | insère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui fait l’objet d’une indexation. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de insérer. |
Where the eye mixes indexé and insère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. indexé and insère follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indexé vs insère
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indexé is \ɛ̃.dɛ.kse\ while insère is \ɛ̃.sɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indexé is recorded at frequency rank #43,498, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛ.kse\. insère is at rank #22,903, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.sɛʁ\.
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 66401, this pair ranks #67,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indexé vs insère
Shared letters: ein. Private to "indexé": dxé. Private to "insère": rsè.
"indexé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "insère" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indexé" for "insère" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "indexé" or "insère" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indexé" and "insère" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indexé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "insère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indexé" and "insère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indexé vs indexés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #67,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.