signaléesvssignalerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#27,969
“signalées” frequency rank
#4,379
“signaler” frequency rank
32348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: signalées vs signaler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. signalées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against signaler's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
signalées
8 ch
signaler

Same sound, different spelling - signalées / signaler

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: signalées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalées is recorded at frequency rank #27,969, 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 32348, this pair ranks #297,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of signalées vs signaler

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

"signalées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "signaler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "signalées" and "signaler" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signalées" is an adjective and "signaler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "signalées" 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 #27,969 for "signalées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalées" 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 #297,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalées" and "signaler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signalées 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 #297,879 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