Which to use
“interactive” is an adjective and “interactivité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,990
- “interactive” frequency rank
- #45,116
- “interactivité” frequency rank
- 58106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interactive | interactivité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de interactif. | Capacité d’interagir avec quelque chose, en particulier l'accès à l'information. |
Where the eye mixes interactive and interactivité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: interactive vs interactivité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interactive is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.tiv\ while interactivité is \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.ti.vi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interactive is recorded at frequency rank #12,990, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.tiv\. interactivité is at rank #45,116, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.ti.vi.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 58106, this pair ranks #110,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interactive vs interactivité
Shared letters: aceinrtv. Private to "interactive": -. Private to "interactivité": é.
"interactive" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCV · "interactivité" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- interactive ← inetractive · innteractive · intearctive · interacctive · interacitve · interactiev · interactivve · interacttive
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "interactive" and "interactivité" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "interactive" or "interactivité" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "interactive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interactivité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interactive" and "interactivité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interactifs vs interactive". 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 #110,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.