signaléevssignalerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#19,680
“signalée” frequency rank
#4,379
“signaler” frequency rank
24059
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalée signaler
Definition Féminin singulier de signalé. Appeler ou attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur une personne ou sur une chose.

Same sound, different letters: signalée vs signaler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. signalée (CVCCVCVV) and signaler (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
signalée
8 ch
signaler

Ear matches; page differs - signalée and signaler

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: signalée and signaler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \si.ɲa.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalée is recorded at frequency rank #19,680, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.ɲa.le\. signaler is at rank #4,379, tagged as averb, 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 24059, this pair ranks #348,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signalée vs signaler

Shared letters: aegilns. Private to "signalée": é. Private to "signaler": r.

"signalée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "signaler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • signaler ← isgnaler · sginaler · siganler · siggnaler · signaelr · signalerr · signaller · signalre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "signalée" for "signaler" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signalée" is an adjective and "signaler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "signalée" or "signaler" show up more?
"signaler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,379 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.

What to do next

"signalée" and "signaler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signaler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #348,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalée" and "signaler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signalée 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 #348,885 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