inséréevsinsérésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#34,581
“insérée” frequency rank
#33,736
“insérés” frequency rank
68317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature insérée insérés
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de insérer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de insérer.

Same sound, different letters: insérée vs insérés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. insérée (VCCVCVV) and insérés (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
insérée
7 ch
insérés

Ear matches; page differs - insérée and insérés

This is the hard kind. insérée and insérés 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 a single letter - e in “insérée” becomes s in “insérés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68317, 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\. 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 68317, this pair ranks #59,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of insérée vs insérés

Shared letters: inrsé. Private to "insérée": e. Private to "insérés": -.

"insérée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "insérés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "insérée" and "insérés" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "insérée" or "insérés"?
"insérés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,736 in our French list, against #34,581 for "insérée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "insérée" / "insérés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "insérée" 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 #59,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "insérée" and "insérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indexés vs insérés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,666 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