signéevssoignésTell them apart

Which to use

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

#6,242
“signée” frequency rank
#24,394
“soignés” frequency rank
30636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signée soignés
Definition Féminin singulier de signé. Masculin pluriel de soigné.

Where the eye mixes signée and soignés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. signée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against soignés's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
signée
7 ch
soignés

Look-alike desk: signée vs soignés

A purely visual mix-up. signée (\si.ɲe\) and soignés (\swa.ɲe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30636, 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\. soignés is at rank #24,394, tagged as anadj, pronounced \swa.ɲe\.

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 30636, this pair ranks #308,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of signée vs soignés

Shared letters: ginsé. Private to "signée": e. Private to "soignés": o.

"signée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "soignés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "signée" and "soignés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\si.ɲe\ versus \swa.ɲe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "signée" or "soignés"?
"signée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,242 in our French list, against #24,394 for "soignés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "signée" and "soignés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soignés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #308,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signée" and "soignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soignés vs soulignés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #308,956 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