signalésvssignalezTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#15,505
“signalés” frequency rank
#36,159
“signalez” frequency rank
51664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signalés signalez
Definition Masculin pluriel de signalé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de signaler.

Same sound, different letters: signalés vs signalez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. signalés and signalez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
signalés
8 ch
signalez

Ear matches; page differs - signalés and signalez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: signalés and signalez 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 51664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signalés is recorded at frequency rank #15,505, classified as anadj, 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 51664, this pair ranks #153,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of signalés vs signalez

Shared letters: agilns. Private to "signalés": é. Private to "signalez": ez.

"signalés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "signalez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • signalezisgnalez · sginalez · siganlez · siggnalez · signaelz · signalezz · signallez · signalze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "signalés" and "signalez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signalés" is an adjective and "signalez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "signalés" or "signalez"?
"signalés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,505 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.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signalés" 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 #153,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signalés" 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 #153,341 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