Which to use
“interroge” and “interrogent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,076
- “interroge” frequency rank
- #21,361
- “interrogent” frequency rank
- 28437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interroge | interrogent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de interroger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger. |
Same sound, different letters: interroge vs interrogent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: interroge vs interrogent
This is the hard kind. interroge and interrogent are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “interroge” sits inside “interrogent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28437, 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\. interrogent is at rank #21,361, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\.
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 28437, this pair ranks #322,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interroge vs interrogent
Shared letters: eginort. Private to "interroge": -. Private to "interrogent": -.
"interroge" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "interrogent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interroge ← inetrroge · innterroge · interoge · interorge · interrgoe · interroeg · interrogge · intreroge
- interrogent ← inetrrogent · innterrogent · interogent · interorgent · interrgoent · interroegnt · interrogennt · interrogentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interroge" and "interrogent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "interroge" or "interrogent"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "interroge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interroge" and "interrogent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interrogent 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 #322,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.