intégrervsintérêtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: intégrer is a verb, intérêt is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intégrer” is a verb and “intérêt” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,688
“intégrer” frequency rank
#616
“intérêt” frequency rank
4304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégrer intérêt
Definition Assembler des parties pour former un tout. Ce qui importe, ce qui convient, en quelque manière que ce soit, à l’utilité, à l’avantage d’une personne ou d’une collectivité, d’un individu ou d’une personne morale, en ce qui concerne soit leur bien physique et matériel, soit leur bien intellectuel et moral, soit leur considération et leur honneur.

Where the eye mixes intégrer and intérêt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
intégrer
7 ch
intérêt

Look-alike desk: intégrer vs intérêt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intégrer is \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\ while intérêt is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intégrer is recorded at frequency rank #3,688, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\. intérêt is at rank #616, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\.

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 4304, this pair ranks #431,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intégrer vs intérêt

Shared letters: inrté. Private to "intégrer": eg. Private to "intérêt": ê.

"intégrer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "intérêt" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intégrer" and "intérêt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intégrer" is a verb and "intérêt" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "intégrer" or "intérêt"?
"intérêt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #616 in our French list, against #3,688 for "intégrer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "intégrer" and "intérêt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intégrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intérêt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #431,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégrer" and "intérêt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intégrer vs intégrera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #431,943 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