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Which to use

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

#46,817
“infiltrée” frequency rank
#30,657
“infiltrés” frequency rank
77474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature infiltrée infiltrés
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de infiltrer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de infiltrer.

Same sound, different letters: infiltrée vs infiltrés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. infiltrée (VCCVCCCVV) and infiltrés (VCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
infiltrée
9 ch
infiltrés

Homophone desk: infiltrée vs infiltrés

This is the hard kind. infiltrée and infiltrés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fil.tʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “infiltrée” becomes s in “infiltrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

infiltrée is recorded at frequency rank #46,817, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fil.tʁe\. 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 77474, this pair ranks #28,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of infiltrée vs infiltrés

Shared letters: filnrté. Private to "infiltrée": e. Private to "infiltrés": s.

"infiltrée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV  ·  "infiltrés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "infiltrée" and "infiltrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.fil.tʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "infiltrée" vs "infiltrés" - which ranks higher?
"infiltrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,657 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.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "infiltrée" / "infiltrés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "infiltrée" 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 #28,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "infiltrée" and "infiltrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infiltre vs infiltrée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #28,255 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