Which to use
“ignorée” is an adjective and “ignorer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,685
- “ignorée” frequency rank
- #5,043
- “ignorer” frequency rank
- 30728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorée | ignorer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ignoré. | Ne pas connaître. |
Same sound, different letters: ignorée vs ignorer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ignorée (VCCVCVV) and ignorer (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - ignorée and ignorer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ignorée and ignorer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30728, 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\. ignorer is at rank #5,043, tagged as averb, 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 30728, this pair ranks #308,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ignorée vs ignorer
Shared letters: eginor. Private to "ignorée": é. Private to "ignorer": -.
"ignorée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "ignorer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ignorer ← ginorer · iggnorer · ignnorer · ignoerr · ignorerr · ignorre · ignorrer · ignroer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ignorée" and "ignorer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ignorée" vs "ignorer" - 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 "ignorer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorée" and "ignorer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignare vs ignorée". 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 #308,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.