Which to use
“insulte” and “insultée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,256
- “insulte” frequency rank
- #38,367
- “insultée” frequency rank
- 43623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | insulte | insultée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outrage, de fait ou de parole, avec dessein prémédité d’offenser. | Femme qui a été insultée. |
Where the eye mixes insulte and insultée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. insulte runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against insultée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between insulte and insultée
A purely visual mix-up. insulte (\ɛ̃.sylt\) and insultée (\ɛ̃.syl.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
insulte is recorded at frequency rank #5,256, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.sylt\. insultée is at rank #38,367, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.syl.te\.
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 43623, this pair ranks #216,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of insulte vs insultée
Shared letters: eilnstu. Private to "insulte": -. Private to "insultée": é.
"insulte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "insultée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- insulte ← innsulte · inslute · inssulte · insulet · insullte · insultte · insutle · inuslte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "insulte" and "insultée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "insulte" or "insultée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "insulte" and "insultée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "insulte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "insultée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "insulte" and "insultée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insultée vs insultez". 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 #216,641 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.