Which to use
“infligée” and “infligées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,485
- “infligée” frequency rank
- #30,658
- “infligées” frequency rank
- 58143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infligée | infligées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de infliger. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de infliger. |
Same sound, different letters: infligée vs infligées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. infligée runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against infligées's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - infligée / infligées
This is the hard kind. infligée and infligées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “infligée” sits inside “infligées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infligée is recorded at frequency rank #27,485, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\. 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 58143, this pair ranks #110,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infligée vs infligées
Shared letters: efgilné. Private to "infligée": -. Private to "infligées": s.
"infligée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "infligées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infligée" and "infligées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "infligée" vs "infligées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "infligée" 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 #110,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infligée" and "infligées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infligées vs infligent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #110,773 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.