signalervssignalezTell them apart

Which to use

“signaler” and “signalez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,379
“signaler” frequency rank
#36,159
“signalez” frequency rank
40538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signaler signalez
Definition Appeler ou attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur une personne ou sur une chose. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de signaler.

Same sound, different letters: signaler vs signalez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

8 ch
signaler
8 ch
signalez

Homophone desk: signaler vs signalez

This is the hard kind. signaler and signalez are pronounced identically (\si.ɲa.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “signaler” becomes z in “signalez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signaler is recorded at frequency rank #4,379, classified as averb, pronounced \si.ɲa.le\. signalez is at rank #36,159, 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 40538, this pair ranks #239,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of signaler vs signalez

Shared letters: aegilns. Private to "signaler": r. Private to "signalez": z.

"signaler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "signalez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • signalerisgnaler · sginaler · siganler · siggnaler · signaelr · signalerr · signaller · signalre
  • signalezisgnalez · sginalez · siganlez · siggnalez · signaelz · signalezz · signallez · signalze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "signaler" and "signalez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\si.ɲa.le\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "signaler" vs "signalez" - which ranks higher?
"signaler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,379 in our French list, against #36,159 for "signalez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "signaler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signalez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signaler" and "signalez" 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 #239,746 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