Which to use
“soulignent” and “soulignés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,565
- “soulignent” frequency rank
- #48,802
- “soulignés” frequency rank
- 66367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulignent | soulignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souligner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de souligner. |
Where the eye mixes soulignent and soulignés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. soulignent runs 10 letters (CVVCVCCVCC) against soulignés's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soulignent with soulignés
A purely visual mix-up. soulignent (\su.liɲ\) and soulignés (\su.li.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 66367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulignent is recorded at frequency rank #17,565, classified as averb, pronounced \su.liɲ\. soulignés is at rank #48,802, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.li.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 66367, this pair ranks #68,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soulignent vs soulignés
Shared letters: gilnosu. Private to "soulignent": et. Private to "soulignés": é.
"soulignent" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCC · "soulignés" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soulignent ← osulignent · soluignent · souilgnent · soulginent · souligennt · souliggnent · soulignennt · soulignentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soulignent" and "soulignés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "soulignent" or "soulignés"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soulignent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulignés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulignent" and "soulignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soulagés 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 #68,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.