Which to use
“IRD” is a name and “ivre” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,611
- “IRD” frequency rank
- #9,682
- “ivre” frequency rank
- 58293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | IRD | ivre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique (EPST) français, sous la tutelle des ministères chargés de la Recherche et de la Coopération, remplaçant l’Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer (ORSTOM). | Qui a le cerveau troublé par l’effet des boissons fermentées, par l’alcool, etc. |
Letter map: IRD vs ivre
Shared letters muted; letters that set IRD and ivre apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. IRD runs 3 letters (VCC) against ivre's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for IRD / ivre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: IRD is aname and ivreanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
IRD is recorded at frequency rank #48,611, classified as aname. ivre is at rank #9,682, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ivʁ\.
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 58293, this pair ranks #109,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of IRD vs ivre
Shared letters: ir. Private to "IRD": d. Private to "ivre": ev.
"IRD" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ivre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ivre ← iver · ivrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "IRD" for "ivre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "IRD" or "ivre" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "IRD" vs "ivre" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "IRD" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ivre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "IRD" and "ivre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IRD vs isi". 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 #109,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.