Which to use
“abordée” and “abordées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,087
- “abordée” frequency rank
- #31,800
- “abordées” frequency rank
- 54887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordée | abordées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de abordé. | Féminin pluriel de abordé. |
Same sound, different letters: abordée vs abordées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. abordée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against abordées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - abordée and abordées
This is the hard kind. abordée and abordées are pronounced identically (\a.bɔʁ.de\) 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) - “abordée” sits inside “abordées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordée is recorded at frequency rank #23,087, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.de\. abordées is at rank #31,800, 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 54887, this pair ranks #131,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abordée vs abordées
Shared letters: abdeoré. Private to "abordée": -. Private to "abordées": s.
"abordée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "abordées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abordée" for "abordées" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"abordée" and "abordées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abordées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordée" and "abordées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordées vs absorbées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.