Which to use
“abonner” is a verb and “abonnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,790
- “abonner” frequency rank
- #4,396
- “abonnés” frequency rank
- 20186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abonner | abonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aborner, fixer par des bornes les limites d’un champ. | Masculin pluriel de abonné. |
Same sound, different letters: abonner vs abonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. abonner and abonnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - abonner and abonnés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abonner and abonnés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɔ.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 20186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abonner is recorded at frequency rank #15,790, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bɔ.ne\. abonnés is at rank #4,396, tagged as anadj, 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 20186, this pair ranks #369,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abonner vs abonnés
Shared letters: abno. Private to "abonner": er. Private to "abonnés": sé.
"abonner" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "abonnés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abonner ← abbonner · abnoner · abonenr · aboner · abonnerr · abonnre · aobnner · baonner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abonner" for "abonnés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "abonner" vs "abonnés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"abonner" and "abonnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "abonner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abonnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abonner" and "abonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abonnées vs abonner". 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 #369,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.