Which to use
“intérêt” is a noun and “interner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #616
- “intérêt” frequency rank
- #42,954
- “interner” frequency rank
- 43570
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intérêt | interner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui importe, ce qui convient, en quelque manière que ce soit, à l’utilité, à l’avantage d’une personne ou d’une collectivité, d’un individu ou d’une personne morale, en ce qui concerne soit leur bien physique et matériel, soit leur bien intellectuel et moral, soit leur considération et leur honneur. | Obliger à résider dans une certaine localité, sans permission d’en sortir. |
Where the eye mixes intérêt and interner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. intérêt runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against interner's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between intérêt and interner
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: intérêt is \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\ while interner is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intérêt is recorded at frequency rank #616, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\. interner is at rank #42,954, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\.
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 43570, this pair ranks #217,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intérêt vs interner
Shared letters: inrt. Private to "intérêt": éê. Private to "interner": e.
"intérêt" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "interner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interner ← inetrner · innterner · intenrer · interenr · internerr · internner · internre · interrner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intérêt" for "interner" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intérêt" vs "interner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "intérêt" and "interner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intérêt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intérêt" and "interner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interner vs internés". 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 #217,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.