intéresséevsintéressezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: intéressée is a noun, intéressez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intéressée” is a noun and “intéressez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,869
“intéressée” frequency rank
#36,009
“intéressez” frequency rank
44878
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intéressée intéressez
Definition Femme qui est intéressée. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de intéresser.

Same sound, different letters: intéressée vs intéressez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. intéressée (VCCVCVCCVV) and intéressez (VCCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
intéressée
10 ch
intéressez

Ear matches; page differs - intéressée and intéressez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: intéressée and intéressez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intéressée is recorded at frequency rank #8,869, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. intéressez is at rank #36,009, tagged as averb, 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 44878, this pair ranks #207,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intéressée vs intéressez

Shared letters: einrsté. Private to "intéressée": -. Private to "intéressez": z.

"intéressée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVV  ·  "intéressez" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intéressée" and "intéressez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intéressée" is a noun and "intéressez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "intéressée" or "intéressez"?
"intéressée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,869 in our French list, against #36,009 for "intéressez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "intéressée" / "intéressez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intéressée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intéressez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intéressée" and "intéressez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intéressa vs intéressez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #207,108 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