Which to use
“abandonnée” is a noun and “abandonnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,513
- “abandonnée” frequency rank
- #9,952
- “abandonnés” frequency rank
- 17465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abandonnée | abandonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a été laissée seule. | Masculin pluriel de abandonné. |
Same sound, different letters: abandonnée vs abandonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. abandonnée (VCVCCVCCVV) and abandonnés (VCVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - abandonnée / abandonnés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abandonnée and abandonnés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “abandonnée” becomes s in “abandonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abandonnée is recorded at frequency rank #7,513, classified as anoun, 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 17465, this pair ranks #383,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abandonnée vs abandonnés
Shared letters: abdnoé. Private to "abandonnée": e. Private to "abandonnés": s.
"abandonnée" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVV · "abandonnés" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abandonnée" and "abandonnés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "abandonnée" or "abandonnés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonnée" 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 #383,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abandonnée" and "abandonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandonnés vs abandonnons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #383,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.