Which to use
“lignée” and “lignées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,875
- “lignée” frequency rank
- #32,466
- “lignées” frequency rank
- 41341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lignée | lignées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des humains qui font partie d’une même famille généalogique. | Pluriel de lignée. |
Same sound, different letters: lignée vs lignées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. lignée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against lignées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: lignée vs lignées
This is the hard kind. lignée and lignées are pronounced identically (\li.ɲe\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lignée” sits inside “lignées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lignée is recorded at frequency rank #8,875, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.ɲe\. lignées is at rank #32,466, 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 41341, this pair ranks #233,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lignée vs lignées
Shared letters: egilné. Private to "lignée": -. Private to "lignées": s.
"lignée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lignées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lignée" and "lignées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lignée" or "lignées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "lignée" / "lignées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lignées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lignée" and "lignées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lignées vs linges". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #233,804 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.