Which to use
“infligées” and “infliger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,658
- “infligées” frequency rank
- #15,908
- “infliger” frequency rank
- 46566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infligées | infliger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de infliger. | Frapper quelqu’un d’une peine pour une transgression, une faute, un délit ou un crime. |
Same sound, different letters: infligées vs infliger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. infligées runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against infliger's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - infligées and infliger
This is the hard kind. infligées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46566, 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\. 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 46566, this pair ranks #193,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infligées vs infliger
Shared letters: efgiln. Private to "infligées": sé. Private to "infliger": r.
"infligées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "infliger" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infliger ← ifnliger · inffliger · infilger · inflgier · infliegr · infligerr · infligger · infligre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infligées" and "infliger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "infligées" or "infliger" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "infligées" 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 #193,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infligées" and "infliger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infligées 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 #193,890 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.