Which to use
“infligée” and “infliger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,485
- “infligée” frequency rank
- #15,908
- “infliger” frequency rank
- 43393
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infligée | infliger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de infliger. | Frapper quelqu’un d’une peine pour une transgression, une faute, un délit ou un crime. |
Same sound, different letters: infligée vs infliger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. infligée (VCCCVCVV) and infliger (VCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - infligée and infliger
This is the hard kind. infligée and infliger 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43393, 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\. 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 43393, this pair ranks #218,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infligée vs infliger
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "infligée": é. Private to "infliger": r.
"infligée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "infliger" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infliger ← ifnliger · inffliger · infilger · inflgier · infliegr · infligerr · infligger · infligre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infligée" and "infliger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "infligée" vs "infliger" - 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 "infliger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infligée" and "infliger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infligée 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 #218,388 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.