Which to use
“abondant” and “abondants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,461
- “abondant” frequency rank
- #37,140
- “abondants” frequency rank
- 61601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abondant | abondants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui abonde, qui dépasse nettement en quantité ce qui est suffisant. | Masculin pluriel d’abondant. |
Same sound, different letters: abondant vs abondants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. abondant runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCC) against abondants's 9 (VCVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - abondant / abondants
This is the hard kind. abondant and abondants are pronounced identically (\a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “abondant” sits inside “abondants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61601, 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\. abondants is at rank #37,140, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃\.
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 61601, this pair ranks #91,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abondant vs abondants
Shared letters: abdnot. Private to "abondant": -. Private to "abondants": s.
"abondant" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC · "abondants" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abondant" for "abondants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "abondant" vs "abondants" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "abondant" / "abondants". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "abondant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abondants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abondant" and "abondants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abondants vs abondent". 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 #91,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.