Which to use
“inspirées” is an adjective and “inspirez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,394
- “inspirées” frequency rank
- #41,348
- “inspirez” frequency rank
- 57742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspirées | inspirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de inspiré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inspirer. |
Same sound, different letters: inspirées vs inspirez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inspirées runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against inspirez's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: inspirées vs inspirez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inspirées and inspirez 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 57742, 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\. 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 57742, this pair ranks #113,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inspirées vs inspirez
Shared letters: einprs. Private to "inspirées": é. Private to "inspirez": z.
"inspirées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "inspirez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inspirez ← innspirez · inpsirez · insiprez · inspierz · inspirezz · inspirrez · inspirze · insppirez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inspirées" for "inspirez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "inspirées" or "inspirez"?
After this comparison
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 "inspirez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspirées" 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 #113,240 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.