Which to use
“abonner” and “abonnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,790
- “abonner” frequency rank
- #28,036
- “abonnez” frequency rank
- 43826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abonner | abonnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aborner, fixer par des bornes les limites d’un champ. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abonner. |
Same sound, different letters: abonner vs abonnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. abonner and abonnez 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 abonnez
This is the hard kind. abonner and abonnez are pronounced identically (\a.bɔ.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “abonner” becomes z in “abonnez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43826, 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\. abonnez is at rank #28,036, tagged as averb, 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 43826, this pair ranks #215,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abonner vs abonnez
Shared letters: abeno. Private to "abonner": r. Private to "abonnez": z.
"abonner" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "abonnez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abonner" and "abonnez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "abonner" vs "abonnez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "abonner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abonnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abonner" and "abonnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abonnées vs abonnez". 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 #215,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.