interdisentvsintéressentConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,509
“interdisent” frequency rank
#6,404
“intéressent” frequency rank
24913
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interdisent intéressent
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interdire. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de intéresser.

Where the eye mixes interdisent and intéressent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. interdisent (VCCVCCVCVCC) and intéressent (VCCVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
interdisent
11 ch
intéressent

Visual trap between interdisent and intéressent

A purely visual mix-up. interdisent (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz\) and intéressent (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\) 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 24913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interdisent is recorded at frequency rank #18,509, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz\. intéressent is at rank #6,404, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\.

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 24913, this pair ranks #343,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of interdisent vs intéressent

Shared letters: einrst. Private to "interdisent": d. Private to "intéressent": é.

"interdisent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC  ·  "intéressent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interdisent ← inetrdisent · innterdisent · intedrisent · interddisent · interdiesnt · interdisennt · interdisentt · interdisetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interdisent" and "intéressent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz\ versus \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "interdisent" or "intéressent"?
"intéressent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,404 in our French list, against #18,509 for "interdisent". 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 "interdisent" and "intéressent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interdisent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intéressent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #343,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interdisent" and "intéressent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interdise vs interdisent". 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 #343,868 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