Which to use
“ignorée” and “ignorées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,685
- “ignorée” frequency rank
- #33,294
- “ignorées” frequency rank
- 58979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorée | ignorées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ignoré. | Féminin pluriel de ignoré. |
Same sound, different letters: ignorée vs ignorées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ignorée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) 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 - ignorée and ignorées
This is the hard kind. ignorée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “ignorée” sits inside “ignorées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ignorée is recorded at frequency rank #25,685, 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 58979, this pair ranks #105,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ignorée vs ignorées
Shared letters: eginoré. Private to "ignorée": -. Private to "ignorées": s.
"ignorée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "ignorées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ignorée" and "ignorées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ignorée" 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 "ignorée" 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 #105,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorée" and "ignorées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignare vs ignorée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #105,794 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.