Which to use
“éloigné” and “éloignée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,642
- “éloigné” frequency rank
- #12,889
- “éloignée” frequency rank
- 20531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éloigné | éloignée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ou Qui est loin. | Féminin singulier de éloigné. |
Same sound, different letters: éloigné vs éloignée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: éloigné vs éloignée
This is the hard kind. éloigné and éloignée are pronounced identically (\e.lwa.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) - “éloigné” sits inside “éloignée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éloigné is recorded at frequency rank #7,642, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.lwa.ɲe\. éloignée is at rank #12,889, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.lwa.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 20531, this pair ranks #367,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of éloigné vs éloignée
Shared letters: gilnoé. Private to "éloigné": -. Private to "éloignée": e.
"éloigné" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV · "éloignée" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "éloigné" for "éloignée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "éloigné" or "éloignée"?
What to do next
"éloigné" and "éloignée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "éloigné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éloignée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éloigné" and "éloignée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éloignée vs éloignez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #367,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.