signalévssignantWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#6,759
“signalé” frequency rank
#18,067
“signant” frequency rank
24826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalé signant
Definition Qui est remarquable. Participe présent de signer.

Letter map: signalé vs signant

Shared letters muted; letters that set signalé and signant apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. signalé (CVCCVCV) and signant (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
signalé
7 ch
signant

Grammar separator: signalé vs signant

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: signalé is anadjective and signantaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalé is recorded at frequency rank #6,759, classified as anadj. signant is at rank #18,067, tagged as averb, pronounced \si.ɲɑ̃\.

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 24826, this pair ranks #344,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signalé vs signant

Shared letters: agins. Private to "signalé": . Private to "signant": t.

"signalé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "signant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • signantisgnant · sginant · sigannt · siggnant · signannt · signantt · signatn · signnant

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "signalé" and "signant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signalé" is an adjective and "signant" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "signalé" or "signant" show up more?
"signalé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,759 in our French list, against #18,067 for "signant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "signalé" vs "signant" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #344,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalé" and "signant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saignant vs signant". 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 #344,389 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