Which to use
“abordable” and “abordables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,401
- “abordable” frequency rank
- #19,724
- “abordables” frequency rank
- 34125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordable | abordables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modéré, en parlant d'un prix. | Pluriel de abordable. |
Same sound, different letters: abordable vs abordables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. abordable runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against abordables's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: abordable vs abordables
This is the hard kind. abordable and abordables are pronounced identically (\a.bɔʁ.dabl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “abordable” sits inside “abordables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordable is recorded at frequency rank #14,401, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.dabl\. abordables is at rank #19,724, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.dabl\.
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 34125, this pair ranks #285,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abordable vs abordables
Shared letters: abdelor. Private to "abordable": -. Private to "abordables": s.
"abordable" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "abordables" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abordable ← abbordable · abodrable · aboradble · abordabble · abordabel · abordablle · abordalbe · abordbale
- abordables ← abbordables · abodrables · aboradbles · abordabbles · abordabels · abordabless · abordablles · abordablse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abordable" for "abordables" ever safe?
Frequency check: "abordable" vs "abordables" - 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 "abordable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abordables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordable" and "abordables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordable vs abordage". 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 #285,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.