Which to use
“soignée” and “soignées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,743
- “soignée” frequency rank
- #37,068
- “soignées” frequency rank
- 53811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soignée | soignées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de soigné. | Féminin pluriel de soigné. |
Same sound, different letters: soignée vs soignées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. soignée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against soignées's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - soignée / soignées
This is the hard kind. soignée and soignées are pronounced identically (\swa.ɲe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “soignée” sits inside “soignées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soignée is recorded at frequency rank #16,743, classified as anadj, pronounced \swa.ɲe\. soignées is at rank #37,068, 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 53811, this pair ranks #138,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soignée vs soignées
Shared letters: eginosé. Private to "soignée": -. Private to "soignées": -.
"soignée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "soignées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soignée" for "soignées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soignée" vs "soignées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soignées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soignée" and "soignées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saignée vs soignées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #138,203 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.