insérésvsintégrésTell them apart

Quick tell: insérés is a verb, intégrés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“insérés” is a verb and “intégrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,736
“insérés” frequency rank
#10,520
“intégrés” frequency rank
44256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature insérés intégrés
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de insérer. Masculin pluriel de intégré.

Where the eye mixes insérés and intégrés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. insérés runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against intégrés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
insérés
8 ch
intégrés

Look-alike desk: insérés vs intégrés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: insérés is \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\ while intégrés is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

insérés is recorded at frequency rank #33,736, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.se.ʁe\. intégrés is at rank #10,520, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\.

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 44256, this pair ranks #211,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of insérés vs intégrés

Shared letters: inrsé. Private to "insérés": -. Private to "intégrés": gt.

"insérés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "intégrés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "insérés" for "intégrés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "insérés" is a verb and "intégrés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "insérés" or "intégrés"?
"intégrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,520 in our French list, against #33,736 for "insérés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "insérés" and "intégrés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "insérés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #211,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "insérés" and "intégrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indexés vs insérés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #211,867 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