Which to use
“abandon” and “abandons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,395
- “abandon” frequency rank
- #30,883
- “abandons” frequency rank
- 35278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abandon | abandons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État d’une personne, d’une chose abandonnée. | Pluriel de abandon. |
Same sound, different letters: abandon vs abandons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. abandon runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against abandons's 8 (VCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: abandon vs abandons
This is the hard kind. abandon and abandons are pronounced identically (\a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “abandon” sits inside “abandons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abandon is recorded at frequency rank #4,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\. abandons is at rank #30,883, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃\.
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 35278, this pair ranks #277,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abandon vs abandons
Shared letters: abdno. Private to "abandon": -. Private to "abandons": s.
"abandon" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "abandons" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abandon" and "abandons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "abandon" or "abandons"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "abandon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abandons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abandon" and "abandons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandons vs abordons". 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 #277,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.