Which to use
“soignent” is a verb and “soignés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,315
- “soignent” frequency rank
- #24,394
- “soignés” frequency rank
- 58709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soignent | soignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de soigner. | Masculin pluriel de soigné. |
Where the eye mixes soignent and soignés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soignent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against soignés's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: soignent vs soignés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soignent is \swaɲ\ while soignés is \swa.ɲe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soignent is recorded at frequency rank #34,315, classified as averb, pronounced \swaɲ\. 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 58709, this pair ranks #107,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soignent vs soignés
Shared letters: ginos. Private to "soignent": et. Private to "soignés": é.
"soignent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "soignés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soignent ← osignent · siognent · soginent · soigennt · soiggnent · soignennt · soignentt · soignetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soignent" and "soignés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soignent" vs "soignés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soignent" 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 #107,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soignent" and "soignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saignant vs soignent". 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 #107,409 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.