Which to use
“témoigné” and “témoigner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,584
- “témoigné” frequency rank
- #7,256
- “témoigner” frequency rank
- 24840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | témoigné | témoigner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de témoigner. | Porter témoignage, servir de témoin. |
Same sound, different letters: témoigné vs témoigner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. témoigné runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against témoigner's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - témoigné and témoigner
This is the hard kind. témoigné and témoigner are pronounced identically (\te.mwa.ɲe\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
témoigné is recorded at frequency rank #17,584, classified as averb, pronounced \te.mwa.ɲe\. témoigner is at rank #7,256, tagged as averb, pronounced \te.mwa.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 24840, this pair ranks #344,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of témoigné vs témoigner
Shared letters: gimnoté. Private to "témoigné": -. Private to "témoigner": er.
"témoigné" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "témoigner" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "témoigné" and "témoigner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "témoigné" vs "témoigner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"témoigné" and "témoigner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "témoigné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "témoigner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "témoigné" and "témoigner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teigne vs témoigné". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #344,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.