Which to use
“interner” is a verb and “internés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,954
- “interner” frequency rank
- #38,864
- “internés” frequency rank
- 81818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interner | internés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obliger à résider dans une certaine localité, sans permission d’en sortir. | Masculin pluriel de interné. |
Same sound, different letters: interner vs internés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: interner vs internés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: interner and internés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 81818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interner is recorded at frequency rank #42,954, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\. internés is at rank #38,864, tagged as anadj, 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 81818, this pair ranks #17,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interner vs internés
Shared letters: einrt. Private to "interner": -. Private to "internés": sé.
"interner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "internés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interner ← inetrner · innterner · intenrer · interenr · internerr · internner · internre · interrner
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"interner" and "internés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "interner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "internés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interner" and "internés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insérées 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 #17,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.