Which to use
“influe” and “influer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,583
- “influe” frequency rank
- #20,468
- “influer” frequency rank
- 44051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | influe | influer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de influer. | Faire impression sur une chose, exercer sur elle une action qui tend à la modifier. |
Where the eye mixes influe and influer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: influe vs influer
A purely visual mix-up. influe (\ɛ̃.fly\) and influer (\ɛ̃.fly.e\) 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 extra letter(s) - “influe” sits inside “influer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
influe is recorded at frequency rank #23,583, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fly\. influer is at rank #20,468, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fly.e\.
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 44051, this pair ranks #213,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of influe vs influer
Shared letters: efilnu. Private to "influe": -. Private to "influer": r.
"influe" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "influer" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "influe" for "influer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "influe" vs "influer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "influe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "influer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "influe" and "influer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "influe vs infuse". 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 #213,414 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.