inondéevsinondéesConfusable pair

Quick tell: inondée is a noun, inondées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inondée” is a noun and “inondées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,081
“inondée” frequency rank
#39,353
“inondées” frequency rank
70434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inondée inondées
Definition Celle qui est victime d'une inondation. Féminin pluriel de inondé.

Same sound, different letters: inondée vs inondées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inondée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against inondées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
inondée
8 ch
inondées

Homophone desk: inondée vs inondées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inondée and inondées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.nɔ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “inondée” sits inside “inondées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inondée is recorded at frequency rank #31,081, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.nɔ̃.de\. inondées is at rank #39,353, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nɔ̃.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 70434, this pair ranks #51,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inondée vs inondées

Shared letters: deinoé. Private to "inondée": -. Private to "inondées": s.

"inondée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "inondées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inondée" for "inondées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inondée" is a noun and "inondées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "inondée" vs "inondées" - which ranks higher?
"inondée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,081 in our French list, against #39,353 for "inondées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"inondée" and "inondées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inondée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inondées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inondée" and "inondées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infondée vs inondées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #51,322 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