Which to use
“injuste” is an adjective and “injustice” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,876
- “injuste” frequency rank
- #7,581
- “injustice” frequency rank
- 13457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | injuste | injustice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a pas de justice, qui agit contre les règles de la justice. | Manque de justice ou d’équité. |
Where the eye mixes injuste and injustice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. injuste runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against injustice's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: injuste vs injustice
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: injuste is \ɛ̃.ʒyst\ while injustice is \ɛ̃.ʒys.tis\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
injuste is recorded at frequency rank #5,876, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒyst\. injustice is at rank #7,581, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒys.tis\.
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 13457, this pair ranks #400,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of injuste vs injustice
Shared letters: eijnstu. Private to "injuste": -. Private to "injustice": c.
"injuste" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "injustice" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "injuste" and "injustice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "injuste" or "injustice"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "injuste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "injustice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "injuste" and "injustice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infuse vs injuste". 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 #400,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.