Which to use
“lignée” and “ligue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,875
- “lignée” frequency rank
- #1,166
- “ligue” frequency rank
- 10041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lignée | ligue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des humains qui font partie d’une même famille généalogique. | Confédération de plusieurs États, pour se défendre ou pour attaquer. |
Where the eye mixes lignée and ligue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lignée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against ligue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lignée vs ligue
A purely visual mix-up. lignée (\li.ɲe\) and ligue (\liɡ\) 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 10041, 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\. ligue is at rank #1,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced \liɡ\.
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 10041, this pair ranks #414,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lignée vs ligue
Shared letters: egil. Private to "lignée": né. Private to "ligue": u.
"lignée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "ligue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ligue ← ilgue · lgiue · ligeu · liggue · liuge · lligue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lignée" and "ligue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lignée" or "ligue" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lignée" and "ligue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ligue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lignée" and "ligue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lianes vs lignée". 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 #414,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.