Which to use
“abandonné” is an adjective and “abandonnées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,309
- “abandonné” frequency rank
- #15,789
- “abandonnées” frequency rank
- 19098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abandonné | abandonnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été laissé seul. | Pluriel de abandonnée. |
Same sound, different letters: abandonné vs abandonnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - abandonné and abandonnées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abandonné and abandonnées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “abandonné” sits inside “abandonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abandonné is recorded at frequency rank #3,309, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. abandonnées is at rank #15,789, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\.
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 19098, this pair ranks #375,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abandonné vs abandonnées
Shared letters: abdnoé. Private to "abandonné": -. Private to "abandonnées": es.
"abandonné" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "abandonnées" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abandonné" and "abandonnées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "abandonné" or "abandonnées"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abandonné" and "abandonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandonnées vs abandonnons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #375,021 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.