Which to use
“enseigne” is a noun and “enseignée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,754
- “enseigne” frequency rank
- #23,537
- “enseignée” frequency rank
- 27291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enseigne | enseignée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Signal, marque, tableau, figure, indication qu’un commerçant, un artisan, un aubergiste, etc., met à son magasin, à son atelier, à son établissement pour se promouvoir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de enseigner. |
Where the eye mixes enseigne and enseignée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enseigne runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against enseignée's 9 (VCCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses enseigne with enseignée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enseigne is \ɑ̃.sɛɲ\ while enseignée is \ɑ̃.se.ɲe\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enseigne is recorded at frequency rank #3,754, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.sɛɲ\. enseignée is at rank #23,537, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.se.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 27291, this pair ranks #329,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enseigne vs enseignée
Shared letters: egins. Private to "enseigne": -. Private to "enseignée": é.
"enseigne" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "enseignée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enseigne ← enesigne · ennseigne · ensegine · enseigen · enseiggne · enseignne · enseinge · ensiegne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enseigne" and "enseignée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "enseigne" or "enseignée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enseigne" and "enseignée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enseigne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enseignée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enseigne" and "enseignée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enseigna vs enseignée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #329,927 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.