Which to use
“désignée” and “désignés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,957
- “désignée” frequency rank
- #11,571
- “désignés” frequency rank
- 24528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | désignée | désignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de désigné. | Masculin pluriel de désigné. |
Same sound, different letters: désignée vs désignés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. désignée (CVCVCCVV) and désignés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - désignée / désignés
This is the hard kind. désignée and désignés 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 a single letter - e in “désignée” becomes s in “désignés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24528, 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\. désignés is at rank #11,571, 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 24528, this pair ranks #346,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of désignée vs désignés
Shared letters: dginsé. Private to "désignée": e. Private to "désignés": -.
"désignée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "désignés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "désignée" and "désignés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "désignée" or "désignés"?
Useful next steps
"désignée" and "désignés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "désignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "désignés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "désignée" and "désignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "désigna vs désignée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #346,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.