Which to use
“enseignées” is a verb and “enseignes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,673
- “enseignées” frequency rank
- #11,404
- “enseignes” frequency rank
- 45077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enseignées | enseignes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de enseigner. | Pluriel de enseigne. |
Where the eye mixes enseignées and enseignes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. enseignées runs 10 letters (VCCVVCCVVC) against enseignes's 9 (VCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enseignées vs enseignes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enseignées is \ɑ̃.se.ɲe\ while enseignes is \ɑ̃.sɛɲ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45077, 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\. enseignes is at rank #11,404, tagged as anoun, 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 45077, this pair ranks #205,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enseignées vs enseignes
Shared letters: egins. Private to "enseignées": é. Private to "enseignes": -.
"enseignées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCCVVC · "enseignes" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enseignes ← enesignes · ennseignes · ensegines · enseigens · enseiggnes · enseigness · enseignnes · enseignse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enseignées" and "enseignes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enseignées" vs "enseignes" - which ranks higher?
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 "enseignes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enseignées" and "enseignes" 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 #205,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.