Which to use
“infligée” and “infligent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,485
- “infligée” frequency rank
- #47,963
- “infligent” frequency rank
- 75448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infligée | infligent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de infliger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de infliger. |
Where the eye mixes infligée and infligent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. infligée runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against infligent's 9 (VCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses infligée with infligent
A purely visual mix-up. infligée (\ɛ̃.fli.ʒe\) and infligent (\ɛ̃.fliʒ\) 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 75448, 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\. infligent is at rank #47,963, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fliʒ\.
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 75448, this pair ranks #34,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infligée vs infligent
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "infligée": é. Private to "infligent": t.
"infligée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "infligent" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infligent ← ifnligent · inffligent · infilgent · inflgient · infliegnt · infligennt · infligentt · infligetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infligée" and "infligent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "infligée" or "infligent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "infligée" and "infligent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infligée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infligent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infligée" and "infligent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infligeant 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 #34,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.