Which to use
“insérer” and “insérez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,427
- “insérer” frequency rank
- #42,953
- “insérez” frequency rank
- 54380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | insérer | insérez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Introduire une chose dans une autre de façon qu’elle forme un tout avec elle. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de insérer. |
Same sound, different letters: insérer vs insérez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. insérer and insérez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - insérer / insérez
This is the hard kind. insérer 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 a single letter - r in “insérer” becomes z in “insérez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
insérer is recorded at frequency rank #11,427, 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 54380, this pair ranks #134,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of insérer vs insérez
Shared letters: einrsé. Private to "insérer": -. Private to "insérez": z.
"insérer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "insérez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "insérer" and "insérez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "insérer" or "insérez" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "insérer" / "insérez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "insérer" 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 #134,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "insérer" and "insérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérez vs insert". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #134,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.