Which to use
“introduire” and “introduite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,709
- “introduire” frequency rank
- #12,600
- “introduite” frequency rank
- 19309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | introduire | introduite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire entrer une chose dans une autre. | Participe passé féminin singulier de introduire. |
Where the eye mixes introduire and introduite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. introduire and introduite follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between introduire and introduite
A purely visual mix-up. introduire (\ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiʁ\) and introduite (\ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥit\) 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 a single letter - r in “introduire” becomes t in “introduite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
introduire is recorded at frequency rank #6,709, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiʁ\. introduite is at rank #12,600, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥit\.
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 19309, this pair ranks #373,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of introduire vs introduite
Shared letters: deinortu. Private to "introduire": -. Private to "introduite": -.
"introduire" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV · "introduite" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- introduire ← inntroduire · inrtoduire · intorduire · intrdouire · introdduire · introdiure · introduier · introduirre
- introduite ← inntroduite · inrtoduite · intorduite · intrdouite · introdduite · introdiute · introduiet · introduitte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "introduire" and "introduite" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "introduire" or "introduite" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "introduire" and "introduite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "introduire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "introduite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "introduire" and "introduite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "introduite vs introduites". 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 #373,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.