Which to use
“abonné” and “abonnées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,162
- “abonné” frequency rank
- #48,298
- “abonnées” frequency rank
- 59460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abonné | abonnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a contracté un abonnement. | Pluriel de abonnée. |
Same sound, different letters: abonné vs abonnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. abonné runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against abonnées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: abonné vs abonnées
This is the hard kind. abonné and abonnées are pronounced identically (\a.bɔ.ne\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “abonné” sits inside “abonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abonné is recorded at frequency rank #11,162, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔ.ne\. abonnées is at rank #48,298, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔ.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 59460, this pair ranks #103,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abonné vs abonnées
Shared letters: abnoé. Private to "abonné": -. Private to "abonnées": es.
"abonné" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "abonnées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abonné" and "abonnées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "abonné" vs "abonnées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"abonné" and "abonnées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "abonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abonnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abonné" and "abonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abonnées vs abordées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #103,010 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.