Which to use
“abandonné” and “abandonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,309
- “abandonné” frequency rank
- #9,952
- “abandonnés” frequency rank
- 13261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abandonné | abandonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été laissé seul. | Masculin pluriel de abandonné. |
Same sound, different letters: abandonné vs abandonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. abandonné runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against abandonnés's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - abandonné and abandonnés
This is the hard kind. abandonné and abandonnés are pronounced identically (\a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “abandonné” sits inside “abandonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13261, 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\. abandonnés is at rank #9,952, tagged as anadj, 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 13261, this pair ranks #401,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abandonné vs abandonnés
Shared letters: abdnoé. Private to "abandonné": -. Private to "abandonnés": s.
"abandonné" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "abandonnés" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abandonné" and "abandonnés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "abandonné" or "abandonnés"?
Useful next steps
"abandonné" and "abandonnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abandonné" and "abandonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandonnés vs abandonnons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,761 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.