Which to use
“interpellée” and “interpeller” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,510
- “interpellée” frequency rank
- #20,173
- “interpeller” frequency rank
- 63683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interpellée | interpeller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de interpeller. | Adresser la parole, d’une façon plus ou moins brusque, à quelqu’un pour lui demander quelque chose. |
Same sound, different letters: interpellée vs interpeller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: interpellée vs interpeller
This is the hard kind. interpellée and interpeller are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interpellée is recorded at frequency rank #43,510, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\. interpeller is at rank #20,173, 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 63683, this pair ranks #80,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interpellée vs interpeller
Shared letters: eilnprt. Private to "interpellée": é. Private to "interpeller": -.
"interpellée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV · "interpeller" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interpeller ← inetrpeller · innterpeller · intepreller · interepller · interpelelr · interpeler · interpellerr · interpellre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interpellée" for "interpeller" ever safe?
Frequency check: "interpellée" vs "interpeller" - which ranks higher?
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 "interpellée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interpeller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interpellée" and "interpeller" 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 #80,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.