Which to use
“lignée” and “line” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,875
- “lignée” frequency rank
- #8,263
- “line” frequency rank
- 17138
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lignée | line |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des humains qui font partie d’une même famille généalogique. | Corde, fil. |
Where the eye mixes lignée and line
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lignée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against line's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between lignée and line
A purely visual mix-up. lignée (\li.ɲe\) and line (\laɪn\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17138, 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\. line is at rank #8,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced \laɪn\.
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 17138, this pair ranks #384,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lignée vs line
Shared letters: eiln. Private to "lignée": gé. Private to "line": -.
"lignée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "line" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- line ← ilne · linne · lline · lnie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lignée" and "line" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lignée" or "line" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "line" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lignée" and "line" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs line". 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 #384,618 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.