Which to use
“interpelle” and “interpellées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,158
- “interpelle” frequency rank
- #45,678
- “interpellées” frequency rank
- 61836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interpelle | interpellées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interpeller. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de interpeller. |
Where the eye mixes interpelle and interpellées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. interpelle runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCCV) against interpellées's 12 (VCCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: interpelle vs interpellées
A purely visual mix-up. interpelle (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\) and interpellées (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interpelle is recorded at frequency rank #16,158, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\. interpellées is at rank #45,678, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\.
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 61836, this pair ranks #90,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interpelle vs interpellées
Shared letters: eilnprt. Private to "interpelle": -. Private to "interpellées": sé.
"interpelle" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "interpellées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interpelle ← inetrpelle · innterpelle · inteprelle · intereplle · interpele · interpelel · interplele · interppelle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interpelle" for "interpellées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "interpelle" or "interpellées" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "interpelle" and "interpellées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "interpelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interpellées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interpelle" and "interpellées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpellée vs interpellées". 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 #90,164 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.