Which to use
“sigles” is a noun and “signée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,145
- “sigles” frequency rank
- #6,242
- “signée” frequency rank
- 49387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sigles | signée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sigle. | Féminin singulier de signé. |
Where the eye mixes sigles and signée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sigles (CVCCVC) and signée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: sigles vs signée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sigles is \siɡl\ while signée is \si.ɲe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sigles is recorded at frequency rank #43,145, classified as anoun, pronounced \siɡl\. signée is at rank #6,242, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.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 49387, this pair ranks #171,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sigles vs signée
Shared letters: egis. Private to "sigles": l. Private to "signée": né.
"sigles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "signée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sigles ← isgles · sgiles · sigels · siggles · sigless · siglles · siglse · silges
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sigles" and "signée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sigles" or "signée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sigles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "signée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sigles" and "signée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sigles vs socles". 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 #171,128 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.