Which to use
“désignée” and “désignées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,957
- “désignée” frequency rank
- #24,564
- “désignées” frequency rank
- 37521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | désignée | désignées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de désigné. | Féminin pluriel de désigné. |
Same sound, different letters: désignée vs désignées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. désignée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against désignées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - désignée / désignées
This is the hard kind. désignée and désignées are pronounced identically (\de.zi.ɲe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “désignée” sits inside “désignées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
désignée is recorded at frequency rank #12,957, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.zi.ɲe\. désignées is at rank #24,564, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.zi.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 37521, this pair ranks #261,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of désignée vs désignées
Shared letters: deginsé. Private to "désignée": -. Private to "désignées": -.
"désignée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "désignées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "désignée" and "désignées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "désignée" vs "désignées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "désignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "désignées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "désignée" and "désignées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "désignées vs désirées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #261,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.