Which to use
“renseigne” and “renseignée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,782
- “renseigne” frequency rank
- #32,563
- “renseignée” frequency rank
- 47345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renseigne | renseignée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renseigner. | Participe passé féminin singulier de renseigner. |
Where the eye mixes renseigne and renseignée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. renseigne runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against renseignée's 10 (CVCCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: renseigne vs renseignée
A purely visual mix-up. renseigne (\ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ\) and renseignée (\ʁɑ̃.se.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 47345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renseigne is recorded at frequency rank #14,782, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ\. renseignée is at rank #32,563, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.se.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 47345, this pair ranks #187,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renseigne vs renseignée
Shared letters: eginrs. Private to "renseigne": -. Private to "renseignée": é.
"renseigne" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "renseignée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renseigne ← ernseigne · renesigne · rennseigne · rensegine · renseigen · renseiggne · renseignne · renseinge
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renseigne" and "renseignée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renseigne" vs "renseignée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "renseigne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renseignée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renseigne" and "renseignée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renseignée vs renseignent". 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 #187,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.