Which to use
“lignée” and “lines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,875
- “lignée” frequency rank
- #27,506
- “lines” frequency rank
- 36381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lignée | lines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des humains qui font partie d’une même famille généalogique. | Pluriel de line. |
Where the eye mixes lignée and lines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lignée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against lines's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lignée vs lines
A purely visual mix-up. lignée (\li.ɲe\) and lines (\laɪnz\) 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 36381, 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\. lines is at rank #27,506, tagged as anoun, pronounced \laɪnz\.
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 36381, this pair ranks #270,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lignée vs lines
Shared letters: eiln. Private to "lignée": gé. Private to "lines": s.
"lignée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lines" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lines ← ilnes · liness · linnes · linse · llines · lnies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lignée" and "lines" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "lignée" or "lines" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lignée" and "lines" 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 "lines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lignée" and "lines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs lines". 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 #270,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.