inséréevsinséréesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#34,581
“insérée” frequency rank
#41,841
“insérées” frequency rank
76422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature insérée insérées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de insérer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de insérer.

Same sound, different letters: insérée vs insérées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. insérée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against insérées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
insérée
8 ch
insérées

Homophone desk: insérée vs insérées

This is the hard kind. insérée and insérées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.se.ʁe\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “insérée” sits inside “insérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

insérée is recorded at frequency rank #34,581, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\. insérées is at rank #41,841, 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 76422, this pair ranks #31,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of insérée vs insérées

Shared letters: einrsé. Private to "insérée": -. Private to "insérées": -.

"insérée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "insérées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "insérée" for "insérées" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.se.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "insérée" or "insérées" show up more?
"insérée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,581 in our French list, against #41,841 for "insérées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"insérée" and "insérées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "insérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "insérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "insérée" and "insérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérées vs inversées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #31,198 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