internévsinternerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#31,086
“interné” frequency rank
#42,954
“interner” frequency rank
74040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interné interner
Definition Contraint à résider dans une certaine localité sans permission d’en sortir. Obliger à résider dans une certaine localité, sans permission d’en sortir.

Same sound, different letters: interné vs interner

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
interné
8 ch
interner

Homophone desk: interné vs interner

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: interné and interner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\. 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 74040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interné is recorded at frequency rank #31,086, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\. 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 74040, this pair ranks #38,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of interné vs interner

Shared letters: einrt. Private to "interné": é. Private to "interner": -.

"interné" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "interner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • internerinetrner · innterner · intenrer · interenr · internerr · internner · internre · interrner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interné" and "interner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interné" is an adjective and "interner" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "interné" or "interner"?
"interné" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,086 in our French list, against #42,954 for "interner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "interné" 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 #38,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interné" 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 #38,455 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