Which to use
“alignée” is a noun and “alignent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,632
- “alignée” frequency rank
- #32,667
- “alignent” frequency rank
- 72299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alignée | alignent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de choses qui sont placées en ligne. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aligner. |
Where the eye mixes alignée and alignent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between alignée and alignent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alignée is \a.li.ɲe\ while alignent is \a.liɲ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alignée is recorded at frequency rank #39,632, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.li.ɲe\. alignent is at rank #32,667, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.liɲ\.
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 72299, this pair ranks #44,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alignée vs alignent
Shared letters: aegiln. Private to "alignée": é. Private to "alignent": t.
"alignée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "alignent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alignent ← ailgnent · alginent · aligennt · aliggnent · alignennt · alignentt · alignetn · alignnent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alignée" and "alignent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alignée" or "alignent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "alignée" and "alignent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alignent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alignée" and "alignent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aliéné vs alignée". 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 #44,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.