inéditvsinterditTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,719
“inédit” frequency rank
#1,920
“interdit” frequency rank
9639
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inédit interdit
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Where the eye mixes inédit and interdit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
inédit
8 ch
interdit

Why the eye confuses inédit with interdit

A purely visual mix-up. inédit (\i.ne.di\) and interdit (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9639, 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\. interdit is at rank #1,920, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\.

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 9639, this pair ranks #415,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of inédit vs interdit

Shared letters: dint. Private to "inédit": é. Private to "interdit": er.

"inédit" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "interdit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interditinetrdit · innterdit · intedrit · interddit · interditt · interdti · interidt · interrdit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inédit" and "interdit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\i.ne.di\ versus \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "inédit" or "interdit"?
"interdit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,920 in our French list, against #7,719 for "inédit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "inédit" and "interdit" 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 "interdit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #415,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inédit" and "interdit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "INED vs inédit". 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 #415,944 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