signalévssignauxTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#6,759
“signalé” frequency rank
#7,376
“signaux” frequency rank
14135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalé signaux
Definition Qui est remarquable. Pluriel de signal.

Letter map: signalé vs signaux

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

7 ch
signalé
7 ch
signaux

Part-of-speech tell for signalé / signaux

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: signalé is anadjective and signauxanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalé is recorded at frequency rank #6,759, classified as anadj. signaux is at rank #7,376, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.ɲo\.

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 14135, this pair ranks #398,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signalé vs signaux

Shared letters: agins. Private to "signalé": . Private to "signaux": ux.

"signalé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "signaux" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • signauxisgnaux · sginaux · siganux · siggnaux · signauxx · signaxu · signnaux · signuax

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "signalé" and "signaux" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signalé" is an adjective and "signaux" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "signalé" or "signaux" show up more?
"signalé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,759 in our French list, against #7,376 for "signaux". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #398,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalé" and "signaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signalé vs signalez". 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 #398,043 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