Which to use
“soigner” is a verb and “soignés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,714
- “soigner” frequency rank
- #24,394
- “soignés” frequency rank
- 29108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soigner | soignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avoir soin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel de soigné. |
Same sound, different letters: soigner vs soignés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. soigner and soignés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - soigner and soignés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: soigner and soignés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \swa.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soigner is recorded at frequency rank #4,714, classified as averb, pronounced \swa.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 29108, this pair ranks #318,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soigner vs soignés
Shared letters: ginos. Private to "soigner": er. Private to "soignés": é.
"soigner" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "soignés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soigner ← osigner · siogner · soginer · soigenr · soiggner · soignerr · soignner · soignre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soigner" for "soignés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "soigner" or "soignés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soigner" 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 #318,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soigner" and "soignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soignés vs soulignés". 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 #318,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.