Which to use
“alignées” is an adjective and “aligner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,195
- “alignées” frequency rank
- #13,308
- “aligner” frequency rank
- 38503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alignées | aligner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de aligné. | Ranger, dresser sur une même ligne droite. |
Same sound, different letters: alignées vs aligner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. alignées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against aligner's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - alignées and aligner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: alignées and aligner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.li.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alignées is recorded at frequency rank #25,195, classified as anadj, 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 38503, this pair ranks #254,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alignées vs aligner
Shared letters: aegiln. Private to "alignées": sé. Private to "aligner": r.
"alignées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "aligner" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aligner ← ailgner · alginer · aligenr · aliggner · alignerr · alignner · alignre · alinger
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "alignées" 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 #254,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alignées" and "aligner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alignées vs assignées". 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 #254,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.