Which to use
“abordage” is a noun and “abordée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,790
- “abordage” frequency rank
- #23,087
- “abordée” frequency rank
- 58877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordage | abordée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d'aborder ; manœuvre d’un navire pour s’amarrer bord à bord avec un autre afin de le prendre d’assaut. | Féminin singulier de abordé. |
Where the eye mixes abordage and abordée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. abordage runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against abordée's 7 (VCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: abordage vs abordée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abordage is \a.bɔʁ.daʒ\ while abordée is \a.bɔʁ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordage is recorded at frequency rank #35,790, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.daʒ\. abordée is at rank #23,087, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.de\.
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 58877, this pair ranks #106,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abordage vs abordée
Shared letters: abdeor. Private to "abordage": g. Private to "abordée": é.
"abordage" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "abordée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- abordage ← abbordage · abodrage · aboradge · abordaeg · abordagge · aborddage · abordgae · aborrdage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abordage" for "abordée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "abordage" or "abordée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abordée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordage" and "abordée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordage vs amorçage". 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 #106,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.