Which to use
“interdit” and “interdites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,920
- “interdit” frequency rank
- #12,599
- “interdites” frequency rank
- 14519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interdit | interdites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Défendu par la loi, ou par la morale. | Féminin pluriel de interdit. |
Where the eye mixes interdit and interdites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between interdit and interdites
A purely visual mix-up. interdit (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\) and interdites (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “interdit” sits inside “interdites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interdit is recorded at frequency rank #1,920, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di\. interdites is at rank #12,599, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\.
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 14519, this pair ranks #396,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interdit vs interdites
Shared letters: deinrt. Private to "interdit": -. Private to "interdites": s.
"interdit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "interdites" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interdit ← inetrdit · innterdit · intedrit · interddit · interditt · interdti · interidt · interrdit
- interdites ← inetrdites · innterdites · intedrites · interddites · interdiets · interditess · interditse · interdittes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interdit" and "interdites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interdit" or "interdites" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "interdit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interdites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interdit" and "interdites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interdise vs interdites". 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 #396,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.