interesse vs intéressées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“interesse” is a noun and “intéressées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,015
“interesse” frequency rank: #15,656
“intéressées” frequency rank: 40671
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	interesse	intéressées
Definition	Intérêt.	Féminin pluriel de intéressé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set interesse and intéressées apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch

interesse

11 ch

intéressées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interesse is \in.te.ˈrɛs.se\ while intéressées is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interesse is recorded at frequency rank #25,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \in.te.ˈrɛs.se\. intéressées is at rank #15,656, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\.

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 40671, this pair ranks #238,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interesse vs intéressées

Shared letters: einrst. Private to "interesse": -. Private to "intéressées": é.

"interesse" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "intéressées" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

interesse ← inetresse · innteresse · inteersse · interese · intereses · interresse · intersese · intreesse

Frequency comparison

interesse#25,015

intéressées#15,656

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interesse" and "intéressées" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interesse" is a noun and "intéressées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "interesse" or "intéressées"?

"intéressées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,656 in our French list, against #25,015 for "interesse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering interesse vs intéressées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “interesse”; for an adjective, it's “intéressées”.
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