interrogeaitvsinterrogentWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“interrogeait” and “interrogent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,910
“interrogeait” frequency rank
#21,361
“interrogent” frequency rank
58271
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interrogeait interrogent
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de interroger. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger.

Where the eye mixes interrogeait and interrogent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

12 ch
interrogeait
11 ch
interrogent

Visual trap between interrogeait and interrogent

A purely visual mix-up. interrogeait (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ\) and interrogent (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\) 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 58271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interrogeait is recorded at frequency rank #36,910, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ\. 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 58271, this pair ranks #110,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of interrogeait vs interrogent

Shared letters: eginort. Private to "interrogeait": a. Private to "interrogent": -.

"interrogeait" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVVC  ·  "interrogent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interrogeaitinetrrogeait · innterrogeait · interogeait · interorgeait · interrgoeait · interroegait · interrogaeit · interrogeaitt
  • interrogentinetrrogent · innterrogent · interogent · interorgent · interrgoent · interroegnt · interrogennt · interrogentt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "interrogeait" for "interrogent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ\ versus \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "interrogeait" vs "interrogent" - which ranks higher?
"interrogent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,361 in our French list, against #36,910 for "interrogeait". 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 "interrogeait" and "interrogent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interrogeait" 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 #110,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interrogeait" 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 #110,028 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