Which to use
“inflige” and “infliger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,012
- “inflige” frequency rank
- #15,908
- “infliger” frequency rank
- 40920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inflige | infliger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de infliger. | Frapper quelqu’un d’une peine pour une transgression, une faute, un délit ou un crime. |
Where the eye mixes inflige and infliger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inflige runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against infliger's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: inflige vs infliger
A purely visual mix-up. inflige (\ɛ̃.fliʒ\) and infliger (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “inflige” sits inside “infliger”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40920, 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\. infliger is at rank #15,908, 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 40920, this pair ranks #236,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inflige vs infliger
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "inflige": -. Private to "infliger": r.
"inflige" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "infliger" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "inflige" and "infliger" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "inflige" vs "infliger" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "inflige" and "infliger" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "inflige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infliger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inflige" and "infliger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inflige 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 #236,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.