inéditvsinéditeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#7,719
“inédit” frequency rank
#9,341
“inédite” frequency rank
17060
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inédit inédite
Definition Qui n’a pas été imprimé ou publié. Féminin singulier de inédit.

Where the eye mixes inédit and inédite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. inédit runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against inédite's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
inédit
7 ch
inédite

Why the eye confuses inédit with inédite

A purely visual mix-up. inédit (\i.ne.di\) and inédite (\i.ne.dit\) 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 extra letter(s) - “inédit” sits inside “inédite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inédit is recorded at frequency rank #7,719, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ne.di\. inédite is at rank #9,341, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ne.dit\.

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 17060, this pair ranks #384,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of inédit vs inédite

Shared letters: dinté. Private to "inédit": -. Private to "inédite": e.

"inédit" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "inédite" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inédit" for "inédite" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\i.ne.di\ versus \i.ne.dit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "inédit" or "inédite"?
"inédit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,719 in our French list, against #9,341 for "inédite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "inédit" and "inédite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inédit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inédite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #384,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inédit" and "inédite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "INED vs inédit". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #384,999 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