Which to use
“témoigné” is a verb and “témoin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,584
- “témoigné” frequency rank
- #2,972
- “témoin” frequency rank
- 20556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | témoigné | témoin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de témoigner. | Personne qui certifie ou qui peut certifier une chose qu’elle a vue ou entendue. |
Where the eye mixes témoigné and témoin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. témoigné runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against témoin's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: témoigné vs témoin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: témoigné is \te.mwa.ɲe\ while témoin is \te.mwɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20556, 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\. témoin is at rank #2,972, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.mwɛ̃\.
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 20556, this pair ranks #367,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of témoigné vs témoin
Shared letters: imnoté. Private to "témoigné": g. Private to "témoin": -.
"témoigné" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "témoin" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "témoigné" and "témoin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "témoigné" vs "témoin" - 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 "témoigné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "témoin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "témoigné" and "témoin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teigne vs témoigné". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #367,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.