signalévssignaléeTell them apart

Which to use

“signalé” and “signalée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,759
“signalé” frequency rank
#19,680
“signalée” frequency rank
26439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalé signalée
Definition Qui est remarquable. Féminin singulier de signalé.

Letter map: signalé vs signalée

Shared letters muted; letters that set signalé and signalée apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. signalé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against signalée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
signalé
8 ch
signalée

Pair insight - signalé / signalée

signalé and signalée are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “signalé” sits inside “signalée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalé is recorded at frequency rank #6,759, classified as anadj. signalée is at rank #19,680, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.ɲa.le\.

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 26439, this pair ranks #335,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signalé vs signalée

Shared letters: agilnsé. Private to "signalé": -. Private to "signalée": e.

"signalé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "signalée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "signalé" for "signalée" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “signalé” sits inside “signalée”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "signalé" or "signalée" show up more?
"signalé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,759 in our French list, against #19,680 for "signalée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "signalé" and "signalée". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signalée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #335,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalé" and "signalée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signalée vs signalez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #335,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list