interrogevsinterrogéeWhich spelling fits?

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.

9 ch
interroge
10 ch
interrogée

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

  • interrogeinetrroge · innterroge · interoge · interorge · interrgoe · interroeg · interrogge · intreroge

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interroge" and "interrogée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\ versus \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "interroge" or "interrogée"?
"interroge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,076 in our French list, against #22,592 for "interrogée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list