intégrervsinternerWhich spelling fits?

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“intégrer” and “interner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,688
“intégrer” frequency rank
#42,954
“interner” frequency rank
46642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intégrer interner
Definition Assembler des parties pour former un tout. Obliger à résider dans une certaine localité, sans permission d’en sortir.

Where the eye mixes intégrer and interner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
intégrer
8 ch
interner

Why the eye confuses intégrer with interner

A purely visual mix-up. intégrer (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\) and interner (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46642, 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\. interner is at rank #42,954, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\.

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 46642, this pair ranks #193,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intégrer vs interner

Shared letters: einrt. Private to "intégrer": . Private to "interner": -.

"intégrer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "interner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • internerinetrner · innterner · intenrer · interenr · internerr · internner · internre · interrner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intégrer" and "interner" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\ versus \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "intégrer" or "interner"?
"intégrer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,688 in our French list, against #42,954 for "interner". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "intégrer" and "interner" 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 "interner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intégrer" and "interner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interner vs internés". 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 #193,330 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