Which to use
“infligées” and “infligent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,658
- “infligées” frequency rank
- #47,963
- “infligent” frequency rank
- 78621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infligées | infligent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de infliger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de infliger. |
Where the eye mixes infligées and infligent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. infligées (VCCCVCVVC) and infligent (VCCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between infligées and infligent
A purely visual mix-up. infligées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infligées is recorded at frequency rank #30,658, 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 78621, this pair ranks #25,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infligées vs infligent
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "infligées": sé. Private to "infligent": t.
"infligées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "infligent" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infligent ← ifnligent · inffligent · infilgent · inflgient · infliegnt · infligennt · infligentt · infligetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infligées" and "infligent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "infligées" vs "infligent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "infligées" and "infligent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infligées" 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 #25,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infligées" 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 #25,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.