Which to use
“inspirée” is a noun and “inspirées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,980
- “inspirée” frequency rank
- #16,394
- “inspirées” frequency rank
- 24374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspirée | inspirées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme inspirée (par Dieu, ou en matière littéraire). | Féminin pluriel de inspiré. |
Same sound, different letters: inspirée vs inspirées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. inspirée runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against inspirées's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inspirée and inspirées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inspirée and inspirées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “inspirée” sits inside “inspirées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inspirée is recorded at frequency rank #7,980, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\. inspirées is at rank #16,394, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃s.pi.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 24374, this pair ranks #346,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inspirée vs inspirées
Shared letters: einprsé. Private to "inspirée": -. Private to "inspirées": -.
"inspirée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "inspirées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inspirée" for "inspirées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inspirée" vs "inspirées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"inspirée" and "inspirées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspirée" and "inspirées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérées vs inspirées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #346,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.