abondantvsabondantesTell them apart

Which to use

“abondant” and “abondantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,461
“abondant” frequency rank
#20,907
“abondantes” frequency rank
45368
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abondant abondantes
Definition Qui abonde, qui dépasse nettement en quantité ce qui est suffisant. Féminin pluriel de abondant.

Where the eye mixes abondant and abondantes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. abondant runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCC) against abondantes's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
abondant
10 ch
abondantes

Visual trap between abondant and abondantes

A purely visual mix-up. abondant (\a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃\) and abondantes (\a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “abondant” sits inside “abondantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abondant is recorded at frequency rank #24,461, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃\. abondantes is at rank #20,907, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃t\.

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 45368, this pair ranks #203,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abondant vs abondantes

Shared letters: abdnot. Private to "abondant": -. Private to "abondantes": es.

"abondant" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC  ·  "abondantes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abondantabbondant · abnodant · abodnant · abonadnt · abondannt · abondantt · abondatn · abonddant
  • abondantesabbondantes · abnodantes · abodnantes · abonadntes · abondanets · abondanntes · abondantess · abondantse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abondant" and "abondantes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃\ versus \a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "abondant" or "abondantes" show up more?
"abondantes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,907 in our French list, against #24,461 for "abondant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abondant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abondantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abondant" and "abondantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abondant vs abondants". 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 #203,232 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