signéevssituéeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#6,242
“signée” frequency rank
#2,340
“située” frequency rank
8582
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signée située
Definition Féminin singulier de signé. Féminin singulier de situé.

Where the eye mixes signée and située

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. signée (CVCCVV) and située (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
signée
6 ch
située

Why the eye confuses signée with située

A purely visual mix-up. signée (\si.ɲe\) and située (\si.tɥe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signée is recorded at frequency rank #6,242, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.ɲe\. située is at rank #2,340, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.tɥe\.

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 8582, this pair ranks #419,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signée vs située

Shared letters: eisé. Private to "signée": gn. Private to "située": tu.

"signée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "située" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "signée" for "située" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\si.ɲe\ versus \si.tɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "signée" vs "située" - which ranks higher?
"située" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,340 in our French list, against #6,242 for "signée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "située" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #419,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signée" and "située" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sigles vs signée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #419,544 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