Which to use
“interpellent” and “interpellés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,006
- “interpellent” frequency rank
- #25,016
- “interpellés” frequency rank
- 61022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interpellent | interpellés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interpeller. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de interpeller. |
Where the eye mixes interpellent and interpellés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: interpellent vs interpellés
A purely visual mix-up. interpellent (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\) and interpellés (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interpellent is recorded at frequency rank #36,006, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl\. interpellés is at rank #25,016, 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 61022, this pair ranks #94,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interpellent vs interpellés
Shared letters: eilnprt. Private to "interpellent": -. Private to "interpellés": sé.
"interpellent" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC · "interpellés" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interpellent ← inetrpellent · innterpellent · inteprellent · interepllent · interpelelnt · interpelent · interpellennt · interpellentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interpellent" and "interpellés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interpellent" or "interpellés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "interpellent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interpellés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interpellent" and "interpellés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpellées vs interpellent". 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 #94,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.