Which to use
“interrogée” and “interrogent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,592
- “interrogée” frequency rank
- #21,361
- “interrogent” frequency rank
- 43953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrogée | interrogent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de interroger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger. |
Where the eye mixes interrogée and interrogent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between interrogée and interrogent
A purely visual mix-up. interrogée (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe\) 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 43953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrogée is recorded at frequency rank #22,592, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe\. 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 43953, this pair ranks #214,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interrogée vs interrogent
Shared letters: eginort. Private to "interrogée": é. Private to "interrogent": -.
"interrogée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "interrogent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrogent ← inetrrogent · innterrogent · interogent · interorgent · interrgoent · interroegnt · interrogennt · interrogentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "interrogée" and "interrogent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "interrogée" vs "interrogent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogée" 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 #214,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrogée" and "interrogent" 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 #214,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.