inscrisvsinsérésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#21,664
“inscris” frequency rank
#33,736
“insérés” frequency rank
55400
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inscris insérés
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de inscrire. Participe passé masculin pluriel de insérer.

Where the eye mixes inscris and insérés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. inscris (VCCCCVC) and insérés (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
inscris
7 ch
insérés

Look-alike desk: inscris vs insérés

A purely visual mix-up. inscris (\ɛ̃s.kʁi\) and insérés (\ɛ̃.se.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inscris is recorded at frequency rank #21,664, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.kʁi\. insérés is at rank #33,736, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\.

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 55400, this pair ranks #127,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inscris vs insérés

Shared letters: inrs. Private to "inscris": c. Private to "insérés": é.

"inscris" · 7 letters · shape VCCCCVC  ·  "insérés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inscris ← incsris · innscris · insccris · inscirs · inscriss · inscrris · inscrsi · insrcis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inscris" and "insérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃s.kʁi\ versus \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "inscris" or "insérés"?
"inscris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,664 in our French list, against #33,736 for "insérés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inscris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "insérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inscris" and "insérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indexés vs insérés". 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 #127,690 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