infiltrevsinfiltréeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#33,306
“infiltre” frequency rank
#46,817
“infiltrée” frequency rank
80123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature infiltre infiltrée
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infiltrer. Participe passé féminin singulier de infiltrer.

Where the eye mixes infiltre and infiltrée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. infiltre runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against infiltrée's 9 (VCCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
infiltre
9 ch
infiltrée

Why the eye confuses infiltre with infiltrée

A purely visual mix-up. infiltre (\ɛ̃.filtʁ\) and infiltrée (\ɛ̃.fil.tʁe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

infiltre is recorded at frequency rank #33,306, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.filtʁ\. infiltrée is at rank #46,817, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fil.tʁe\.

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 80123, this pair ranks #21,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of infiltre vs infiltrée

Shared letters: efilnrt. Private to "infiltre": -. Private to "infiltrée": é.

"infiltre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV  ·  "infiltrée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infiltre ← ifniltre · inffiltre · infilltre · infilrte · infilter · infilttre · infitlre · inflitre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "infiltre" and "infiltrée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.filtʁ\ versus \ɛ̃.fil.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "infiltre" or "infiltrée" show up more?
"infiltre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,306 in our French list, against #46,817 for "infiltrée". 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 "infiltre" and "infiltrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "infiltre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "infiltrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "infiltre" and "infiltrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infiltrée vs infiltrés". 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 #21,690 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