Which to use
“influence” is a noun and “influencées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,525
- “influence” frequency rank
- #45,112
- “influencées” frequency rank
- 46637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | influence | influencées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’une personne, d’une circonstance ou d’une chose qui influe sur une autre. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe influencer. |
Where the eye mixes influence and influencées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses influence with influencées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: influence is \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s\ while influencées is \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
influence is recorded at frequency rank #1,525, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s\. influencées is at rank #45,112, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃.se\.
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 46637, this pair ranks #193,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of influence vs influencées
Shared letters: cefilnu. Private to "influence": -. Private to "influencées": sé.
"influence" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCCV · "influencées" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- influence ← ifnluence · inffluence · infleunce · inflluence · influecne · influencce · influenec · influennce
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "influence" for "influencées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "influence" or "influencées" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "influence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "influencées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "influence" and "influencées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "influencées vs influenceurs". 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 #193,371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.