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“inscrit” and “inscrites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,819
- “inscrit” frequency rank
- #11,790
- “inscrites” frequency rank
- 13609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inscrit | inscrites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrit, qui a fait l’objet d’une inscription. | Féminin pluriel de inscrit. |
Where the eye mixes inscrit and inscrites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inscrit runs 7 letters (VCCCCVC) against inscrites's 9 (VCCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: inscrit vs inscrites
A purely visual mix-up. inscrit (\ɛ̃s.kʁi\) and inscrites (\ɛ̃s.kʁit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “inscrit” sits inside “inscrites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inscrit is recorded at frequency rank #1,819, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃s.kʁi\. inscrites is at rank #11,790, 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 13609, this pair ranks #400,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inscrit vs inscrites
Shared letters: cinrst. Private to "inscrit": -. Private to "inscrites": e.
"inscrit" · 7 letters · shape VCCCCVC · "inscrites" · 9 letters · shape VCCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inscrit" and "inscrites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "inscrit" or "inscrites"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "inscrit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inscrites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inscrit" and "inscrites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incités vs inscrites". 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 #400,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.