abordéesvsaborderWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: abordées is a adjective, aborder is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“abordées” is an adjective and “aborder” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,800
“abordées” frequency rank
#5,516
“aborder” frequency rank
37316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abordées aborder
Definition Féminin pluriel de abordé. Arriver au bord, prendre terre.

Same sound, different letters: abordées vs aborder

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. abordées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against aborder's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
abordées
7 ch
aborder

Homophone desk: abordées vs aborder

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abordées and aborder carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bɔʁ.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abordées is recorded at frequency rank #31,800, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.de\. aborder is at rank #5,516, tagged as averb, 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 37316, this pair ranks #263,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abordées vs aborder

Shared letters: abdeor. Private to "abordées": sé. Private to "aborder": -.

"abordées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC  ·  "aborder" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aborder ← abborder · abodrer · abordder · aborderr · abordre · aboredr · aborrder · abroder

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abordées" and "aborder" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "abordées" is an adjective and "aborder" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "abordées" vs "aborder" - which ranks higher?
"aborder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,516 in our French list, against #31,800 for "abordées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abordées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aborder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abordées" and "aborder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordées vs absorbées". 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 #263,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list