Which to use
“infiltre” and “infiltrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,306
- “infiltre” frequency rank
- #30,657
- “infiltrés” frequency rank
- 63963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infiltre | infiltrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infiltrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de infiltrer. |
Where the eye mixes infiltre and infiltrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. infiltre runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against infiltrés's 9 (VCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses infiltre with infiltrés
A purely visual mix-up. infiltre (\ɛ̃.filtʁ\) and infiltrés (\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 63963, 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\. infiltrés is at rank #30,657, 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 63963, this pair ranks #79,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infiltre vs infiltrés
Shared letters: filnrt. Private to "infiltre": e. Private to "infiltrés": sé.
"infiltre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "infiltrés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infiltre ← ifniltre · inffiltre · infilltre · infilrte · infilter · infilttre · infitlre · inflitre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infiltre" for "infiltrés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "infiltre" or "infiltrés" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "infiltre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infiltrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infiltre" and "infiltrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infiltre vs infiltrée". 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 #79,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.