Which to use
“interdis” is a verb and “internés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,220
- “interdis” frequency rank
- #38,864
- “internés” frequency rank
- 69084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interdis | internés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de interdire. | Masculin pluriel de interné. |
Where the eye mixes interdis and internés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: interdis vs internés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interdis is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\ while internés is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interdis is recorded at frequency rank #30,220, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\. internés is at rank #38,864, tagged as anadj, 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 69084, this pair ranks #56,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interdis vs internés
Shared letters: einrst. Private to "interdis": d. Private to "internés": é.
"interdis" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "internés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interdis ← inetrdis · innterdis · intedris · interddis · interdiss · interdsi · interids · interrdis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interdis" and "internés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interdis" or "internés" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "interdis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "internés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interdis" and "internés" 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 #56,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.