ignoréesvsignoresWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ignorées is a adjective, ignores is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ignorées” is an adjective and “ignores” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,294
“ignorées” frequency rank
#27,474
“ignores” frequency rank
60768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ignorées ignores
Definition Féminin pluriel de ignoré. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer.

Where the eye mixes ignorées and ignores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ignorées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against ignores's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
ignorées
7 ch
ignores

Look-alike desk: ignorées vs ignores

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ignorées is \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\ while ignores is \i.ɲɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ignorées is recorded at frequency rank #33,294, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\. ignores is at rank #27,474, 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 60768, this pair ranks #95,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ignorées vs ignores

Shared letters: eginors. Private to "ignorées": é. Private to "ignores": -.

"ignorées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "ignores" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ignores ← ginores · iggnores · ignnores · ignoers · ignoress · ignorres · ignorse · ignroes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ignorées" and "ignores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ignorées" is an adjective and "ignores" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "ignorées" or "ignores" show up more?
"ignores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,474 in our French list, against #33,294 for "ignorées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ignores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ignorées" and "ignores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignare vs ignores". 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 #95,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list