signalévssignaléesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#6,759
“signalé” frequency rank
#27,969
“signalées” frequency rank
34728
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalé signalées
Definition Qui est remarquable. Féminin pluriel de signalé.

Letter map: signalé vs signalées

Shared letters muted; letters that set signalé and signalées apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. signalé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against signalées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
signalé
9 ch
signalées

Spelling & dictionary notes on signalé vs signalées

signalé and signalées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “signalé” sits inside “signalées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalé is recorded at frequency rank #6,759, classified as anadj. signalées is at rank #27,969, 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 34728, this pair ranks #281,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of signalé vs signalées

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

"signalé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "signalées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "signalé" for "signalées" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “signalé” sits inside “signalées”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "signalé" vs "signalées" - which ranks higher?
"signalé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,759 in our French list, against #27,969 for "signalées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signalées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalé" and "signalées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signalées vs signalez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #281,816 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