abonnéesvsabordéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: abonnées is a noun, abordées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“abonnées” is a noun and “abordées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,298
“abonnées” frequency rank
#31,800
“abordées” frequency rank
80098
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abonnées abordées
Definition Pluriel de abonnée. Féminin pluriel de abordé.

Where the eye mixes abonnées and abordées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
abonnées
8 ch
abordées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abonnées is \a.bɔ.ne\ while abordées is \a.bɔʁ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abonnées is recorded at frequency rank #48,298, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔ.ne\. abordées is at rank #31,800, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.de\.

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 80098, this pair ranks #21,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of abonnées vs abordées

Shared letters: abeosé. Private to "abonnées": n. Private to "abordées": dr.

"abonnées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC  ·  "abordées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abonnées" and "abordées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "abonnées" is a noun and "abordées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "abonnées" or "abordées"?
"abordées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,800 in our French list, against #48,298 for "abonnées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list