Which to use
“lignage” and “lignée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,397
- “lignage” frequency rank
- #8,875
- “lignée” frequency rank
- 47272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lignage | lignée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Race ou famille plus ou moins anciennement connue ; ensemble des personnes de la même lignée. | Ensemble des humains qui font partie d’une même famille généalogique. |
Where the eye mixes lignage and lignée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lignage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against lignée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lignage vs lignée
A purely visual mix-up. lignage (\li.ɲaʒ\) and lignée (\li.ɲe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lignage is recorded at frequency rank #38,397, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.ɲaʒ\. lignée is at rank #8,875, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.ɲe\.
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 47272, this pair ranks #188,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lignage vs lignée
Shared letters: egiln. Private to "lignage": a. Private to "lignée": é.
"lignage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "lignée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lignage ← ilgnage · lginage · ligange · liggnage · lignaeg · lignagge · ligngae · lignnage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lignage" for "lignée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "lignage" or "lignée" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lignage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lignée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lignage" and "lignée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lignage vs lissage". 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 #188,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.