Which to use
“enseignées” and “enseignent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,673
- “enseignées” frequency rank
- #24,577
- “enseignent” frequency rank
- 58250
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enseignées | enseignent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de enseigner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enseigner. |
Where the eye mixes enseignées and enseignent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enseignées (VCCVVCCVVC) and enseignent (VCCVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between enseignées and enseignent
A purely visual mix-up. enseignées (\ɑ̃.se.ɲe\) and enseignent (\ɑ̃.sɛɲ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enseignées is recorded at frequency rank #33,673, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.se.ɲe\. enseignent is at rank #24,577, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.sɛɲ\.
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 58250, this pair ranks #110,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enseignées vs enseignent
Shared letters: egins. Private to "enseignées": é. Private to "enseignent": t.
"enseignées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCCVVC · "enseignent" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enseignent ← enesignent · ennseignent · enseginent · enseigennt · enseiggnent · enseignennt · enseignentt · enseignetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enseignées" and "enseignent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "enseignées" or "enseignent" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enseignées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enseignent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enseignées" and "enseignent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enneigées vs enseignées". 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 #110,144 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.