Which to use
“ignoré” and “ignorées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,979
- “ignoré” frequency rank
- #33,294
- “ignorées” frequency rank
- 45273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignoré | ignorées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est inconnu, caché. | Féminin pluriel de ignoré. |
Same sound, different letters: ignoré vs ignorées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ignoré runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against ignorées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - ignoré and ignorées
This is the hard kind. ignoré and ignorées are pronounced identically (\i.ɲɔ.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ignoré” sits inside “ignorées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ignoré is recorded at frequency rank #11,979, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\. 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 45273, this pair ranks #204,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ignoré vs ignorées
Shared letters: ginoré. Private to "ignoré": -. Private to "ignorées": es.
"ignoré" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "ignorées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ignoré" and "ignorées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ignoré" vs "ignorées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ignoré" 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 #204,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignoré" and "ignorées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignobles vs ignorées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #204,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.