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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ignorer" and "ignorez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ignorer" vs "ignorez" - which ranks higher?
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.