Which to use
“ignorais” and “ignorait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,312
- “ignorais” frequency rank
- #14,698
- “ignorait” frequency rank
- 34010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorais | ignorait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ignorer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ignorer. |
Same sound, different letters: ignorais vs ignorait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ignorais and ignorait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: ignorais vs ignorait
This is the hard kind. ignorais and ignorait are pronounced identically (\i.ɲɔ.ʁɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “ignorais” becomes t in “ignorait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ignorais is recorded at frequency rank #19,312, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁɛ\. ignorait is at rank #14,698, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁɛ\.
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 34010, this pair ranks #286,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ignorais vs ignorait
Shared letters: aginor. Private to "ignorais": s. Private to "ignorait": t.
"ignorais" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "ignorait" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ignorais" and "ignorait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ignorais" vs "ignorait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "ignorais" / "ignorait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorais" and "ignorait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignorais vs ignorées". 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 #286,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.