inquiétéevsinquiétezConfusable pair

Which to use

“inquiétée” and “inquiétez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,365
“inquiétée” frequency rank
#11,789
“inquiétez” frequency rank
50154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inquiétée inquiétez
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de inquiéter. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inquiéter.

Same sound, different letters: inquiétée vs inquiétez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. inquiétée (VCCVVVCVV) and inquiétez (VCCVVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
inquiétée
9 ch
inquiétez

Homophone desk: inquiétée vs inquiétez

This is the hard kind. inquiétée and inquiétez 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 50154, 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\. inquiétez is at rank #11,789, 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 50154, this pair ranks #164,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inquiétée vs inquiétez

Shared letters: einqtué. Private to "inquiétée": -. Private to "inquiétez": z.

"inquiétée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCVV  ·  "inquiétez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "inquiétée" and "inquiétez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.kje.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "inquiétée" vs "inquiétez" - which ranks higher?
"inquiétez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,789 in our French list, against #38,365 for "inquiétée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"inquiétée" and "inquiétez" 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 "inquiétez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #164,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inquiétée" and "inquiétez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inquiétée vs inquiètent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #164,860 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