Which to use
“interrogatoire” and “interrogatoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,180
- “interrogatoire” frequency rank
- #24,642
- “interrogatoires” frequency rank
- 36822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrogatoire | interrogatoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite des questions que fait un juge sur des faits civils ou criminels, et des réponses que fait celui qui est interrogé. | Pluriel de interrogatoire. |
Same sound, different letters: interrogatoire vs interrogatoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. interrogatoire runs 14 letters (VCCVCCVCVCVVCV) against interrogatoires's 15 (VCCVCCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: interrogatoire vs interrogatoires
This is the hard kind. interrogatoire and interrogatoires are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “interrogatoire” sits inside “interrogatoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrogatoire is recorded at frequency rank #12,180, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\. interrogatoires is at rank #24,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\.
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 36822, this pair ranks #266,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interrogatoire vs interrogatoires
Shared letters: aeginort. Private to "interrogatoire": -. Private to "interrogatoires": s.
"interrogatoire" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVCV · "interrogatoires" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrogatoire ← inetrrogatoire · innterrogatoire · interogatoire · interorgatoire · interrgoatoire · interroagtoire · interrogaotire · interrogatiore
- interrogatoires ← inetrrogatoires · innterrogatoires · interogatoires · interorgatoires · interrgoatoires · interroagtoires · interrogaotires · interrogatiores
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"interrogatoire" and "interrogatoires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogatoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogatoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #266,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.