Which to use
“inquiète” is a noun and “inquiets” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,129
- “inquiète” frequency rank
- #14,707
- “inquiets” frequency rank
- 16836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inquiète | inquiets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne inquiète. | Masculin pluriel de inquiet. |
Where the eye mixes inquiète and inquiets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. inquiète (VCCVVVCV) and inquiets (VCCVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: inquiète vs inquiets
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inquiète is \ɛ̃.kjɛt\ while inquiets is \ɛ̃.kjɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inquiète is recorded at frequency rank #2,129, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.kjɛt\. 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 16836, this pair ranks #386,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inquiète vs inquiets
Shared letters: einqtu. Private to "inquiète": è. Private to "inquiets": s.
"inquiète" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCV · "inquiets" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inquiets ← innquiets · inqiuets · inqquiets · inqueits · inquiest · inquietss · inquietts · inquites
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "inquiète" and "inquiets" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "inquiète" or "inquiets" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "inquiète" and "inquiets" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "inquiète" 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 #386,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inquiète" 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 #386,039 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.