Which to use
“alignée” is a noun and “aligner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,632
- “alignée” frequency rank
- #13,308
- “aligner” frequency rank
- 52940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alignée | aligner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de choses qui sont placées en ligne. | Ranger, dresser sur une même ligne droite. |
Same sound, different letters: alignée vs aligner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: alignée vs aligner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: alignée and aligner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.li.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52940, 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\. aligner is at rank #13,308, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.li.ɲe\.
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 52940, this pair ranks #144,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alignée vs aligner
Shared letters: aegiln. Private to "alignée": é. Private to "aligner": r.
"alignée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "aligner" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aligner ← ailgner · alginer · aligenr · aliggner · alignerr · alignner · alignre · alinger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alignée" and "aligner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alignée" or "aligner"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "alignée" / "aligner". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "alignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aligner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alignée" and "aligner" 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 #144,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.