interrogéevsinterrogentConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
interrogée
11 ch
interrogent

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

  • interrogentinetrrogent · innterrogent · interogent · interorgent · interrgoent · interroegnt · interrogennt · interrogentt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interrogée" and "interrogent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe\ versus \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "interrogée" 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 #22,592 for "interrogée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list