Which to use
“inspirées” is an adjective and “inspirent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,394
- “inspirées” frequency rank
- #15,910
- “inspirent” frequency rank
- 32304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspirées | inspirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de inspiré. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inspirer. |
Where the eye mixes inspirées and inspirent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inspirées (VCCCVCVVC) and inspirent (VCCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: inspirées vs inspirent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inspirées is \ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\ while inspirent is \ɛ̃s.piʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inspirées is recorded at frequency rank #16,394, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\. inspirent is at rank #15,910, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.piʁ\.
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 32304, this pair ranks #298,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inspirées vs inspirent
Shared letters: einprs. Private to "inspirées": é. Private to "inspirent": t.
"inspirées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "inspirent" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inspirent ← innspirent · inpsirent · insiprent · inspiernt · inspirennt · inspirentt · inspiretn · inspirnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inspirées" and "inspirent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "inspirées" or "inspirent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "inspirées" and "inspirent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspirées" and "inspirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inspirante vs inspirent". 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 #298,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.