Which to use
“inflige” and “infligées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,012
- “inflige” frequency rank
- #30,658
- “infligées” frequency rank
- 55670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inflige | infligées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infliger. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de infliger. |
Where the eye mixes inflige and infligées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inflige runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against infligées's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: inflige vs infligées
A purely visual mix-up. inflige (\ɛ̃.fliʒ\) and infligées (\ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\) 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 55670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inflige is recorded at frequency rank #25,012, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fliʒ\. infligées is at rank #30,658, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\.
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 55670, this pair ranks #125,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inflige vs infligées
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "inflige": -. Private to "infligées": sé.
"inflige" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "infligées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inflige ← ifnlige · infflige · infilge · inflgie · inflieg · infligge · infllige · inlfige
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inflige" and "infligées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "inflige" vs "infligées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "inflige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infligées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inflige" and "infligées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infligées vs infligent". 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 #125,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.