signéesvssituéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,562
“signées” frequency rank
#7,244
“situées” frequency rank
24806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signées situées
Definition Féminin pluriel de signé. Féminin pluriel de situé.

Where the eye mixes signées and situées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. signées (CVCCVVC) and situées (CVCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
signées
7 ch
situées

Look-alike desk: signées vs situées

A purely visual mix-up. signées (\si.ɲe\) and situées (\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 24806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signées is recorded at frequency rank #17,562, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.ɲe\. situées is at rank #7,244, 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 24806, this pair ranks #344,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signées vs situées

Shared letters: eisé. Private to "signées": gn. Private to "situées": tu.

"signées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "situées" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "signées" and "situées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "signées" or "situées"?
"situées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,244 in our French list, against #17,562 for "signées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "signées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "situées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #344,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signées" and "situées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sigles vs signées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #344,511 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