Which to use
“abonnez” and “adonne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,036
- “abonnez” frequency rank
- #30,454
- “adonne” frequency rank
- 58490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abonnez | adonne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe abonner. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe adonner. |
Where the eye mixes abonnez and adonne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. abonnez runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against adonne's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: abonnez vs adonne
A purely visual mix-up. abonnez (\a.bɔ.ne\) and adonne (\a.dɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abonnez is recorded at frequency rank #28,036, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bɔ.ne\. adonne is at rank #30,454, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔn\.
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 58490, this pair ranks #108,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abonnez vs adonne
Shared letters: aeno. Private to "abonnez": bz. Private to "adonne": d.
"abonnez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adonne" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abonnez" for "adonne" ever safe?
Frequency check: "abonnez" vs "adonne" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "abonnez" and "adonne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abonnez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adonne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abonnez" and "adonne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adonne vs Argonne". 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 #108,775 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.