interrogentvsinterrogezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#21,361
“interrogent” frequency rank
#49,164
“interrogez” frequency rank
70525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interrogent interrogez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de interroger.

Where the eye mixes interrogent and interrogez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
interrogent
10 ch
interrogez

Look-alike desk: interrogent vs interrogez

A purely visual mix-up. interrogent (\ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\) and interrogez (\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 70525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interrogent is recorded at frequency rank #21,361, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ\. interrogez is at rank #49,164, 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 70525, this pair ranks #50,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of interrogent vs interrogez

Shared letters: eginort. Private to "interrogent": -. Private to "interrogez": z.

"interrogent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC  ·  "interrogez" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interrogentinetrrogent · innterrogent · interogent · interorgent · interrgoent · interroegnt · interrogennt · interrogentt
  • interrogezinetrrogez · innterrogez · interogez · interorgez · interrgoez · interroegz · interrogezz · interroggez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interrogent" and "interrogez" 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.
In ordinary French text, does "interrogent" or "interrogez" show up more?
"interrogent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,361 in our French list, against #49,164 for "interrogez". 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 "interrogent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interrogez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interrogent" and "interrogez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interrogées 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 #50,994 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