signalévssignalentConfusable pair

Quick tell: signalé is a adjective, signalent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“signalé” is an adjective and “signalent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,759
“signalé” frequency rank
#25,130
“signalent” frequency rank
31889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalé signalent
Definition Qui est remarquable. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de signaler.

Letter map: signalé vs signalent

Shared letters muted; letters that set signalé and signalent apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. signalé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against signalent's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
signalé
9 ch
signalent

Role in the sentence - signalé and signalent

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: signalé is anadjective and signalentaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalé is recorded at frequency rank #6,759, classified as anadj. signalent is at rank #25,130, tagged as averb, pronounced \si.ɲal\.

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 31889, this pair ranks #300,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of signalé vs signalent

Shared letters: agilns. Private to "signalé": é. Private to "signalent": et.

"signalé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "signalent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • signalentisgnalent · sginalent · siganlent · siggnalent · signaelnt · signalennt · signalentt · signaletn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "signalé" and "signalent" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signalé" is an adjective and "signalent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "signalé" or "signalent"?
"signalé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,759 in our French list, against #25,130 for "signalent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "signalé" and "signalent".

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signalent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalé" and "signalent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signalait vs signalent". 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 #300,923 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