Which to use
“ignorais” is a verb and “ignorées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,312
- “ignorais” frequency rank
- #33,294
- “ignorées” frequency rank
- 52606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorais | ignorées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ignorer. | Féminin pluriel de ignoré. |
Where the eye mixes ignorais and ignorées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ignorais and ignorées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ignorais vs ignorées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ignorais is \i.ɲɔ.ʁɛ\ while ignorées is \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52606, 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\. ignorées is at rank #33,294, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\.
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 52606, this pair ranks #146,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ignorais vs ignorées
Shared letters: ginors. Private to "ignorais": a. Private to "ignorées": eé.
"ignorais" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "ignorées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ignorais ← ginorais · iggnorais · ignnorais · ignoaris · ignoraiss · ignorasi · ignorias · ignorrais
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ignorais" and "ignorées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ignorais" or "ignorées"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ignorais" and "ignorées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorais" and "ignorées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignobles 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 #146,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.