ingérervsinséréeTell them apart

Which to use

“ingérer” and “insérée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,577
“ingérer” frequency rank
#34,581
“insérée” frequency rank
69158
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ingérer insérée
Definition Introduire une substance dans le corps. Participe passé féminin singulier de insérer.

Where the eye mixes ingérer and insérée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
ingérer
7 ch
insérée

Visual trap between ingérer and insérée

A purely visual mix-up. ingérer (\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁe\) and insérée (\ɛ̃.se.ʁe\) 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 69158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ingérer is recorded at frequency rank #34,577, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁe\. insérée is at rank #34,581, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\.

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 69158, this pair ranks #56,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ingérer vs insérée

Shared letters: einré. Private to "ingérer": g. Private to "insérée": s.

"ingérer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "insérée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ingérer" and "insérée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁe\ versus \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ingérer" or "insérée"?
"ingérer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,577 in our French list, against #34,581 for "insérée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ingérer" and "insérée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ingérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "insérée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ingérer" and "insérée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérée vs insert". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #56,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list