ignorervsignorezTell them apart

Which to use

“ignorer” and “ignorez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,043
“ignorer” frequency rank
#21,347
“ignorez” frequency rank
26390
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ignorer ignorez
Definition Ne pas connaître. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ignorer.

Same sound, different letters: ignorer vs ignorez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ignorer and ignorez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
ignorer
7 ch
ignorez

Homophone desk: ignorer vs ignorez

This is the hard kind. ignorer and ignorez are pronounced identically (\i.ɲɔ.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “ignorer” becomes z in “ignorez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ignorer is recorded at frequency rank #5,043, classified as averb, 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 26390, this pair ranks #335,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ignorer vs ignorez

Shared letters: eginor. Private to "ignorer": -. Private to "ignorez": z.

"ignorer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "ignorez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ignorer ← ginorer · iggnorer · ignnorer · ignoerr · ignorerr · ignorre · ignorrer · ignroer
  • ignorez ← ginorez · iggnorez · ignnorez · ignoerz · ignorezz · ignorrez · ignorze · ignroez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ignorer" and "ignorez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\i.ɲɔ.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "ignorer" vs "ignorez" - which ranks higher?
"ignorer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,043 in our French list, against #21,347 for "ignorez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"ignorer" and "ignorez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ignorer" 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 #335,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ignorer" 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 #335,296 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