Which to use
“interroge” and “interrogée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,076
- “interroge” frequency rank
- #22,592
- “interrogée” frequency rank
- 29668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interroge | interrogée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interroger. | Participe passé féminin singulier de interroger. |
Where the eye mixes interroge and interrogée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between interroge and interrogée
A purely visual mix-up. interroge (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\) and interrogée (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe\) 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 29668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interroge is recorded at frequency rank #7,076, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\. interrogée is at rank #22,592, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe\.
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 29668, this pair ranks #315,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interroge vs interrogée
Shared letters: eginort. Private to "interroge": -. Private to "interrogée": é.
"interroge" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "interrogée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- interroge ← inetrroge · innterroge · interoge · interorge · interrgoe · interroeg · interrogge · intreroge
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interroge" and "interrogée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "interroge" or "interrogée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "interroge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interroge" and "interrogée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interrogée vs interrogez". 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 #315,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.