Which to use
“inspirer” and “inspirez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,717
- “inspirer” frequency rank
- #41,348
- “inspirez” frequency rank
- 49065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspirer | inspirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire pénétrer artificiellement de l’air dans les poumons. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inspirer. |
Same sound, different letters: inspirer vs inspirez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inspirer and inspirez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - inspirer and inspirez
This is the hard kind. inspirer and inspirez are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “inspirer” becomes z in “inspirez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inspirer is recorded at frequency rank #7,717, classified as averb, 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 49065, this pair ranks #173,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inspirer vs inspirez
Shared letters: einprs. Private to "inspirer": -. Private to "inspirez": z.
"inspirer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC · "inspirez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "inspirer" / "inspirez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "inspirer" 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 #173,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspirer" 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 #173,761 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.