Which to use
“abonnés” is an adjective and “abonnez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,396
- “abonnés” frequency rank
- #28,036
- “abonnez” frequency rank
- 32432
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abonnés | abonnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de abonné. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abonner. |
Same sound, different letters: abonnés vs abonnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. abonnés 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 - abonnés and abonnez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abonnés and abonnez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 32432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abonnés is recorded at frequency rank #4,396, classified as anadj, 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 32432, this pair ranks #297,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abonnés vs abonnez
Shared letters: abno. Private to "abonnés": sé. Private to "abonnez": ez.
"abonnés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "abonnez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abonnez ← abbonnez · abnonez · abonenz · abonez · abonnezz · abonnze · aobnnez · baonnez
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "abonnés" / "abonnez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "abonnés" 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 #297,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abonnés" 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 #297,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.