interactivevsinteractivitéConfusable pair

Quick tell: interactive is a adjective, interactivité is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

11 ch
interactive
13 ch
interactivité

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

  • interactiveinetractive · innteractive · intearctive · interacctive · interacitve · interactiev · interactivve · interacttive

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interactive" and "interactivité" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interactive" is an adjective and "interactivité" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "interactive" or "interactivité" show up more?
"interactive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,990 in our French list, against #45,116 for "interactivité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list