Which to use
“inscrire” is a verb and “inscrite” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,684
- “inscrire” frequency rank
- #7,716
- “inscrite” frequency rank
- 11400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inscrire | inscrite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrire le nom de quelqu’un, ou prendre note, faire mention de quelque chose sur un registre, sur une liste, etc. | Féminin singulier de inscrit. |
Where the eye mixes inscrire and inscrite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inscrire and inscrite follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between inscrire and inscrite
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inscrire is \ɛ̃s.kʁiʁ\ while inscrite is \ɛ̃s.kʁit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “inscrire” becomes t in “inscrite”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inscrire is recorded at frequency rank #3,684, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.kʁiʁ\. inscrite is at rank #7,716, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃s.kʁit\.
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 11400, this pair ranks #409,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inscrire vs inscrite
Shared letters: ceinrs. Private to "inscrire": -. Private to "inscrite": t.
"inscrire" · 8 letters · shape VCCCCVCV · "inscrite" · 8 letters · shape VCCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inscrire" and "inscrite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "inscrire" or "inscrite" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "inscrire" and "inscrite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "inscrire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inscrite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inscrire" and "inscrite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inscrite vs instruite". 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 #409,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.