intéresséesvsintéresserWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: intéressées is a adjective, intéresser is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#15,656
“intéressées” frequency rank
#4,866
“intéresser” frequency rank
20522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intéressées intéresser
Definition Féminin pluriel de intéressé. Mêler, concerner, faire intervenir.

Same sound, different letters: intéressées vs intéresser

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

11 ch
intéressées
10 ch
intéresser

Same sound, different spelling - intéressées / intéresser

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: intéressées and intéresser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intéressées is recorded at frequency rank #15,656, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se\. intéresser is at rank #4,866, 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 20522, this pair ranks #367,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intéressées vs intéresser

Shared letters: einrsté. Private to "intéressées": -. Private to "intéresser": -.

"intéressées" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVC  ·  "intéresser" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "intéressées" for "intéresser" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intéressées" is an adjective and "intéresser" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "intéressées" or "intéresser"?
"intéresser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,866 in our French list, against #15,656 for "intéressées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intéressées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intéresser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #367,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intéressées" and "intéresser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intéressa vs intéresser". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #367,847 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