ignoréesvsignoronsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#33,294
“ignorées” frequency rank
#26,045
“ignorons” frequency rank
59339
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ignorées ignorons
Definition Féminin pluriel de ignoré. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer.

Where the eye mixes ignorées and ignorons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ignorées (VCCVCVVC) and ignorons (VCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
ignorées
8 ch
ignorons

Look-alike desk: ignorées vs ignorons

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ignorées is \i.ɲɔ.ʁe\ while ignorons is \i.ɲɔ.ʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59339, 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\. ignorons is at rank #26,045, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ɲɔ.ʁɔ̃\.

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 59339, this pair ranks #103,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ignorées vs ignorons

Shared letters: ginors. Private to "ignorées": eé. Private to "ignorons": -.

"ignorées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "ignorons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ignorons ← ginorons · iggnorons · ignnorons · ignoorns · ignornos · ignoronns · ignoronss · ignorosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ignorées" for "ignorons" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ignorées" is an adjective and "ignorons" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ignorées" vs "ignorons" - which ranks higher?
"ignorons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,045 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ignorées" and "ignorons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ignorées" and "ignorons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignobles vs ignorées". 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 #103,708 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