Which to use
“inspirées” is an adjective and “inspirer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,394
- “inspirées” frequency rank
- #7,717
- “inspirer” frequency rank
- 24111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspirées | inspirer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de inspiré. | Faire pénétrer artificiellement de l’air dans les poumons. |
Same sound, different letters: inspirées vs inspirer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inspirées runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against inspirer's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - inspirées / inspirer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inspirées and inspirer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24111, 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\. inspirer is at rank #7,717, 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 24111, this pair ranks #348,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inspirées vs inspirer
Shared letters: einprs. Private to "inspirées": é. Private to "inspirer": -.
"inspirées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "inspirer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inspirer ← innspirer · inpsirer · insiprer · inspierr · inspirerr · inspirrer · insppirer · insprier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inspirées" and "inspirer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "inspirées" or "inspirer"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspirées" and "inspirer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérées vs inspirées". 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 #348,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.