Which to use
“désignées” and “désignés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,564
- “désignées” frequency rank
- #11,571
- “désignés” frequency rank
- 36135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | désignées | désignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de désigné. | Masculin pluriel de désigné. |
Same sound, different letters: désignées vs désignés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. désignées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against désignés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - désignées and désignés
This is the hard kind. désignées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
désignées is recorded at frequency rank #24,564, 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 36135, this pair ranks #271,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of désignées vs désignés
Shared letters: dginsé. Private to "désignées": e. Private to "désignés": -.
"désignées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "désignés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "désignées" and "désignés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "désignées" vs "désignés" - which ranks higher?
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 "désignées" 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 #271,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "désignées" and "désignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "désignées vs désirées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #271,768 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.