inspiréesvsinspirezTell them apart

Quick tell: inspirées is a adjective, inspirez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

9 ch
inspirées
8 ch
inspirez

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inspirées" is an adjective and "inspirez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "inspirées" or "inspirez"?
"inspirées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,394 in our French list, against #41,348 for "inspirez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list