Which to use
“soulignés” and “soulignons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,802
- “soulignés” frequency rank
- #32,198
- “soulignons” frequency rank
- 81000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulignés | soulignons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de souligner. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe souligner. |
Where the eye mixes soulignés and soulignons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. soulignés runs 9 letters (CVVCVCCVC) against soulignons's 10 (CVVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soulignés with soulignons
A purely visual mix-up. soulignés (\su.li.ɲe\) and soulignons (\su.li.ɲɔ̃\) 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 81000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulignés is recorded at frequency rank #48,802, classified as averb, pronounced \su.li.ɲe\. soulignons is at rank #32,198, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.li.ɲɔ̃\.
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 81000, this pair ranks #19,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soulignés vs soulignons
Shared letters: gilnosu. Private to "soulignés": é. Private to "soulignons": -.
"soulignés" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC · "soulignons" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soulignons ← osulignons · soluignons · souilgnons · soulginons · souliggnons · soulignnons · soulignnos · soulignonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soulignés" and "soulignons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "soulignés" or "soulignons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "soulignés" and "soulignons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soulignés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulignons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulignés" and "soulignons" 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 #19,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.