Which to use
“infondée” and “infondées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,155
- “infondée” frequency rank
- #42,946
- “infondées” frequency rank
- 92101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infondée | infondées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de infondé. | Féminin pluriel de infondé. |
Same sound, different letters: infondée vs infondées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. infondée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against infondées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - infondée and infondées
This is the hard kind. infondée and infondées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “infondée” sits inside “infondées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infondée is recorded at frequency rank #49,155, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\. infondées is at rank #42,946, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\.
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 92101, this pair ranks #3,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infondée vs infondées
Shared letters: definoé. Private to "infondée": -. Private to "infondées": s.
"infondée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "infondées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infondée" for "infondées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "infondée" or "infondées"?
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 "infondée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infondées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infondée" and "infondées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infondée vs inonde". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #3,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.