abandonnéesvsabandonnerTell them apart

Quick tell: abandonnées is a noun, abandonner is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“abandonnées” is a noun and “abandonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,789
“abandonnées” frequency rank
#3,376
“abandonner” frequency rank
19165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abandonnées abandonner
Definition Pluriel de abandonnée. Ne plus vouloir de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un.

Same sound, different letters: abandonnées vs abandonner

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. abandonnées runs 11 letters (VCVCCVCCVVC) against abandonner's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
abandonnées
10 ch
abandonner

Same sound, different spelling - abandonnées / abandonner

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abandonnées and abandonner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abandonnées is recorded at frequency rank #15,789, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. abandonner is at rank #3,376, tagged as averb, 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 19165, this pair ranks #374,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of abandonnées vs abandonner

Shared letters: abdeno. Private to "abandonnées": sé. Private to "abandonner": r.

"abandonnées" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVVC  ·  "abandonner" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abandonner ← aabndonner · abadnonner · abanddonner · abandnoner · abandonenr · abandoner · abandonnerr · abandonnre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abandonnées" and "abandonner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "abandonnées" is a noun and "abandonner" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "abandonnées" or "abandonner"?
"abandonner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,376 in our French list, against #15,789 for "abandonnées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "abandonnées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abandonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #374,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abandonnées" and "abandonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandonnées vs abandonnons". 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 #374,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list