Which to use
“ignorée” is an adjective and “ignorez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,685
- “ignorée” frequency rank
- #21,347
- “ignorez” frequency rank
- 47032
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorée | ignorez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ignoré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer. |
Same sound, different letters: ignorée vs ignorez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ignorée (VCCVCVV) and ignorez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: ignorée vs ignorez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ignorée and ignorez 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 47032, 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\. ignorez is at rank #21,347, 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 47032, this pair ranks #190,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ignorée vs ignorez
Shared letters: eginor. Private to "ignorée": é. Private to "ignorez": z.
"ignorée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "ignorez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ignorez ← ginorez · iggnorez · ignnorez · ignoerz · ignorezz · ignorrez · ignorze · ignroez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ignorée" for "ignorez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ignorée" vs "ignorez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "ignorée" / "ignorez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorée" and "ignorez" 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 #190,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.