Which to use
“abandonnées” is a noun and “abandonnez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,789
- “abandonnées” frequency rank
- #32,654
- “abandonnez” frequency rank
- 48443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abandonnées | abandonnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de abandonnée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abandonner. |
Same sound, different letters: abandonnées vs abandonnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. abandonnées runs 11 letters (VCVCCVCCVVC) against abandonnez's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - abandonnées / abandonnez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abandonnées and abandonnez 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 48443, 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\. abandonnez is at rank #32,654, 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 48443, this pair ranks #178,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abandonnées vs abandonnez
Shared letters: abdeno. Private to "abandonnées": sé. Private to "abandonnez": z.
"abandonnées" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVVC · "abandonnez" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abandonnez ← aabndonnez · abadnonnez · abanddonnez · abandnonez · abandonenz · abandonez · abandonnezz · abandonnze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abandonnées" for "abandonnez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "abandonnées" or "abandonnez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "abandonnées" / "abandonnez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonnées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abandonnées" and "abandonnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandonnera vs abandonnez". 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 #178,906 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.