Which to use
“indexés” and “insérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,147
- “indexés” frequency rank
- #33,736
- “insérés” frequency rank
- 82883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indexés | insérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe indexer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de insérer. |
Where the eye mixes indexés and insérés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. indexés and insérés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indexés vs insérés
A purely visual mix-up. indexés (\ɛ̃.dɛk.se\) and insérés (\ɛ̃.se.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indexés is recorded at frequency rank #49,147, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛk.se\. insérés is at rank #33,736, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.se.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 82883, this pair ranks #15,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indexés vs insérés
Shared letters: insé. Private to "indexés": dex. Private to "insérés": r.
"indexés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "insérés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indexés" for "insérés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "indexés" or "insérés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "indexés" and "insérés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indexés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "insérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indexés" and "insérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indexé vs indexés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #15,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.