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

#41,841
“insérées” frequency rank
#42,953
“insérez” frequency rank
84794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature insérées insérez
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de insérer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de insérer.

Same sound, different letters: insérées vs insérez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. insérées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against insérez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
insérées
7 ch
insérez

Ear matches; page differs - insérées and insérez

This is the hard kind. insérées and insérez 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

insérées is recorded at frequency rank #41,841, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\. insérez is at rank #42,953, 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 84794, this pair ranks #12,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of insérées vs insérez

Shared letters: einrsé. Private to "insérées": -. Private to "insérez": z.

"insérées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "insérez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "insérées" and "insérez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "insérées" or "insérez" show up more?
"insérées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,841 in our French list, against #42,953 for "insérez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "insérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "insérez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "insérées" and "insérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérées vs inversées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #12,356 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