Which to use
“ignorait” and “ignorent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,698
- “ignorait” frequency rank
- #10,890
- “ignorent” frequency rank
- 25588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorait | ignorent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ignorer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer. |
Where the eye mixes ignorait and ignorent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ignorait vs ignorent
A purely visual mix-up. ignorait (\i.ɲɔ.ʁɛ\) and ignorent (\i.ɲɔʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ignorait is recorded at frequency rank #14,698, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁɛ\. ignorent is at rank #10,890, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ɲɔʁ\.
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 25588, this pair ranks #339,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ignorait vs ignorent
Shared letters: ginort. Private to "ignorait": a. Private to "ignorent": e.
"ignorait" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "ignorent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ignorait" and "ignorent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ignorait" or "ignorent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ignorait" and "ignorent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorait" and "ignorent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignorait vs ignorante". 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 #339,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.