interprétéesvsinterprètesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: interprétées is a verb, interprètes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“interprétées” is a verb and “interprètes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,641
“interprétées” frequency rank
#11,987
“interprètes” frequency rank
36628
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interprétées interprètes
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de interpréter. Pluriel de interprète.

Where the eye mixes interprétées and interprètes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. interprétées runs 12 letters (VCCVCCCVCVVC) against interprètes's 11 (VCCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
interprétées
11 ch
interprètes

Visual trap between interprétées and interprètes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interprétées is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te\ while interprètes is \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36628, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interprétées is recorded at frequency rank #24,641, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te\. interprètes is at rank #11,987, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt\.

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 36628, this pair ranks #268,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interprétées vs interprètes

Shared letters: einprst. Private to "interprétées": é. Private to "interprètes": è.

"interprétées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVVC  ·  "interprètes" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interprétées" and "interprètes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interprétées" is a verb and "interprètes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "interprétées" or "interprètes" show up more?
"interprètes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,987 in our French list, against #24,641 for "interprétées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "interprétées" and "interprètes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interprétées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interprètes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interprétées" and "interprètes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interprétées vs interprètent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #268,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list