Which to use
“inspirée” is a noun and “inspirez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,980
- “inspirée” frequency rank
- #41,348
- “inspirez” frequency rank
- 49328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspirée | inspirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme inspirée (par Dieu, ou en matière littéraire). | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inspirer. |
Same sound, different letters: inspirée vs inspirez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inspirée (VCCCVCVV) and inspirez (VCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: inspirée vs inspirez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inspirée and inspirez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49328, 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\. inspirez is at rank #41,348, tagged as averb, 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 49328, this pair ranks #171,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inspirée vs inspirez
Shared letters: einprs. Private to "inspirée": é. Private to "inspirez": z.
"inspirée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "inspirez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inspirez ← innspirez · inpsirez · insiprez · inspierz · inspirezz · inspirrez · inspirze · insppirez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"inspirée" and "inspirez" 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 "inspirez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspirée" and "inspirez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérez vs inspirez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #171,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.