Which to use
“ignorent” and “ignorons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,890
- “ignorent” frequency rank
- #26,045
- “ignorons” frequency rank
- 36935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ignorent | ignorons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer. |
Where the eye mixes ignorent and ignorons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ignorent and ignorons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ignorent and ignorons
A purely visual mix-up. ignorent (\i.ɲɔʁ\) and ignorons (\i.ɲɔ.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ignorent is recorded at frequency rank #10,890, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ɲɔʁ\. 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 36935, this pair ranks #266,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ignorent vs ignorons
Shared letters: ginor. Private to "ignorent": et. Private to "ignorons": s.
"ignorent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "ignorons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ignorent" and "ignorons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ignorent" or "ignorons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ignorent" and "ignorons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ignorent" 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 #266,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ignorent" and "ignorons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ignorées vs ignorons". 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 #266,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.