Which to use
“alignées” is an adjective and “alinéas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,195
- “alignées” frequency rank
- #40,590
- “alinéas” frequency rank
- 65785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alignées | alinéas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de aligné. | Pluriel de alinéa. |
Where the eye mixes alignées and alinéas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alignées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against alinéas's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alignées vs alinéas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alignées is \a.li.ɲe\ while alinéas is \a.li.ne.a\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65785, 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\. alinéas is at rank #40,590, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.li.ne.a\.
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 65785, this pair ranks #70,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alignées vs alinéas
Shared letters: ailnsé. Private to "alignées": eg. Private to "alinéas": -.
"alignées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "alinéas" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alignées" for "alinéas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "alignées" or "alinéas"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "alignées" and "alinéas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alignées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alinéas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alignées" and "alinéas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alina vs alinéas". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #70,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.