ignoréesvsignorezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#33,294
“ignorées” frequency rank
#21,347
“ignorez” frequency rank
54641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: ignorées vs ignorez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ignorées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against ignorez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
ignorées
7 ch
ignorez

Homophone desk: ignorées vs ignorez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ignorées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54641, 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\. 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 54641, this pair ranks #132,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ignorées vs ignorez

Shared letters: eginor. Private to "ignorées": sé. Private to "ignorez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ignorez ← ginorez · iggnorez · ignnorez · ignoerz · ignorezz · ignorrez · ignorze · ignroez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ignorées" for "ignorez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ignorées" is an adjective and "ignorez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ignorées" vs "ignorez" - which ranks higher?
"ignorez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,347 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.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "ignorées" / "ignorez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorées" 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 #132,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ignorées" and "ignorez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignare vs ignorez". 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 #132,642 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