ignorer

\i.ɲɔ.ʁe\

/\i.ɲɔ.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“ignorer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,043
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas connaître.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ignorer · ignorer · French

ignorer · rank #5,043 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,043
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gaulle

Nearest frequency peer: Gaulle (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ignorer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ignorer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ignorer vs innover
71% similar
ignorer vs ignorez
86% similar
ignorer vs ignores
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ignorer
PropertyValue
Headwordignorer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.ɲɔ.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,043
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ignorer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ignorerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gaulle » (#5,042), « imaginaire » (#5,044), « foie » (#5,041). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ignorer » est au #5,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ignorer (IPA \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,043 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ignorer, with forms such as "ginorer", "iggnorer", and "ignnorer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "innover", "ignorez", "ignores", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ignorer, spelled I-G-N-O-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne pas connaître.
  2. 2
    N’avoir pas une juste idée de soi-même, de ses forces.
  3. 3
    Ne pas pratiquer une chose.
  4. 4
    Ne pas tenir compte de quelque chose ; faire comme si elle n'était pas là.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ignorer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Du reste, rien ne l’embarrasse et elle fournit réponse à tout ; d’autant plus péremptoirement que plus elle ignore ; mais elle ignore sans le savoir et me fait comprendre mieux que jamais ceci : que l’ignorance qui s’ignore invite aux grandes affirmations.
  2. Après tout s’ils ne parlent pas de ce qu’ils ignorent est-ce blâmable.

This word in other languages

know(English)ignorar(Español)ignorieren(Deutsch)ignorar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ginorer
  • iggnorer
  • ignnorer
  • ignoerr
  • ignorerr
  • ignorre
  • ignorrer
  • ignroer
  • igonrer
  • ingorer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ignorer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ginorer2iggnorer1ignnorer1ignoerr2ignorerr1ignorre2ignorrer1ignroer2
Edit distance from "ignorer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ignorer"?
"ignorer" is spelled I-G-N-O-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\.
What does "ignorer" mean?
As a verb, "ignorer" means: Ne pas connaître.
What words are commonly confused with "ignorer"?
"ignorer" is commonly confused with "innover", "ignorez", "ignores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ignorer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ignorer" is \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ignorer" come from?
"ignorer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ignorer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list