Which to use
“inquiet” and “inquiets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,979
- “inquiet” frequency rank
- #14,707
- “inquiets” frequency rank
- 22686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inquiet | inquiets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En parlant d'une émotion ou d'une activité, qui prive du repos moral ou psychologique. | Masculin pluriel de inquiet. |
Same sound, different letters: inquiet vs inquiets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inquiet runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against inquiets's 8 (VCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inquiet and inquiets
This is the hard kind. inquiet and inquiets are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kjɛ\) 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) - “inquiet” sits inside “inquiets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inquiet is recorded at frequency rank #7,979, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kjɛ\. inquiets is at rank #14,707, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kjɛ\.
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 22686, this pair ranks #356,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inquiet vs inquiets
Shared letters: einqtu. Private to "inquiet": -. Private to "inquiets": s.
"inquiet" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "inquiets" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inquiet" and "inquiets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "inquiet" or "inquiets"?
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 "inquiet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inquiets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inquiet" and "inquiets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inquiétée vs inquiets". 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 #356,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.