Which to use
“abandonner” is a verb and “abandonnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,376
- “abandonner” frequency rank
- #9,952
- “abandonnés” frequency rank
- 13328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abandonner | abandonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ne plus vouloir de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un. | Masculin pluriel de abandonné. |
Same sound, different letters: abandonner vs abandonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. abandonner and abandonnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: abandonner vs abandonnés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abandonner and abandonnés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abandonner is recorded at frequency rank #3,376, classified as averb, 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 13328, this pair ranks #401,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abandonner vs abandonnés
Shared letters: abdno. Private to "abandonner": er. Private to "abandonnés": sé.
"abandonner" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC · "abandonnés" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abandonner ← aabndonner · abadnonner · abanddonner · abandnoner · abandonenr · abandoner · abandonnerr · abandonnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abandonner" and "abandonnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "abandonner" or "abandonnés"?
Useful next steps
"abandonner" and "abandonnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "abandonner" 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 #401,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abandonner" and "abandonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abandonnés 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 #401,464 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.