Which to use
“interposer” is a verb and “interposés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,007
- “interposer” frequency rank
- #47,398
- “interposés” frequency rank
- 83405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interposer | interposés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre une chose entre deux autres. | Masculin pluriel de interposé. |
Same sound, different letters: interposer vs interposés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - interposer and interposés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: interposer and interposés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.po.ze\. 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 83405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interposer is recorded at frequency rank #36,007, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.po.ze\. interposés is at rank #47,398, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.po.ze\.
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 83405, this pair ranks #14,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interposer vs interposés
Shared letters: einoprst. Private to "interposer": -. Private to "interposés": é.
"interposer" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "interposés" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interposer ← inetrposer · innterposer · inteproser · interopser · interpoesr · interposerr · interposre · interposser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interposer" and "interposés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "interposer" vs "interposés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "interposer" / "interposés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "interposer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interposés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interposer" and "interposés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpose vs interposés". 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 #14,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.