Which to use
“interdite” and “interdites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,991
- “interdite” frequency rank
- #12,599
- “interdites” frequency rank
- 18590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interdite | interdites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de interdit. | Féminin pluriel de interdit. |
Same sound, different letters: interdite vs interdites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - interdite / interdites
This is the hard kind. interdite and interdites are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “interdite” sits inside “interdites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interdite is recorded at frequency rank #5,991, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\. 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 18590, this pair ranks #377,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interdite vs interdites
Shared letters: deinrt. Private to "interdite": -. Private to "interdites": s.
"interdite" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "interdites" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interdite ← inetrdite · innterdite · intedrite · interddite · interdiet · interditte · interdtie · interidte
- interdites ← inetrdites · innterdites · intedrites · interddites · interdiets · interditess · interditse · interdittes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interdite" for "interdites" ever safe?
Which is more common, "interdite" or "interdites"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "interdite" / "interdites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "interdite" 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 #377,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interdite" 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 #377,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.