Which to use
“interpeller” and “interpellés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,173
- “interpeller” frequency rank
- #25,016
- “interpellés” frequency rank
- 45189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interpeller | interpellés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adresser la parole, d’une façon plus ou moins brusque, à quelqu’un pour lui demander quelque chose. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de interpeller. |
Same sound, different letters: interpeller vs interpellés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - interpeller / interpellés
This is the hard kind. interpeller and interpellés 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 45189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interpeller is recorded at frequency rank #20,173, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\. 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 45189, this pair ranks #204,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interpeller vs interpellés
Shared letters: eilnprt. Private to "interpeller": -. Private to "interpellés": sé.
"interpeller" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC · "interpellés" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interpeller ← inetrpeller · innterpeller · intepreller · interepller · interpelelr · interpeler · interpellerr · interpellre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interpeller" for "interpellés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "interpeller" or "interpellés"?
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 "interpeller" 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 #204,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interpeller" and "interpellés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpellées vs interpellés". 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 #204,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.