Which to use
“inquiétée” and “inquiéter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,365
- “inquiétée” frequency rank
- #6,516
- “inquiéter” frequency rank
- 44881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inquiétée | inquiéter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de inquiéter. | Rendre inquiet. |
Same sound, different letters: inquiétée vs inquiéter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. inquiétée (VCCVVVCVV) and inquiéter (VCCVVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - inquiétée and inquiéter
This is the hard kind. inquiétée and inquiéter are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kje.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inquiétée is recorded at frequency rank #38,365, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kje.te\. inquiéter is at rank #6,516, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kje.te\.
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 44881, this pair ranks #207,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inquiétée vs inquiéter
Shared letters: einqtué. Private to "inquiétée": -. Private to "inquiéter": r.
"inquiétée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCVV · "inquiéter" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inquiétée" for "inquiéter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "inquiétée" or "inquiéter"?
Useful next steps
"inquiétée" and "inquiéter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inquiétée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inquiéter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inquiétée" and "inquiéter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inquiétée vs inquiètent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #207,093 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.