Which to use
“abordent” and “abordons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,752
- “abordent” frequency rank
- #46,552
- “abordons” frequency rank
- 69304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordent | abordons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder. |
Where the eye mixes abordent and abordons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. abordent and abordons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses abordent with abordons
A purely visual mix-up. abordent (\a.bɔʁd\) and abordons (\a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordent is recorded at frequency rank #22,752, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bɔʁd\. abordons is at rank #46,552, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃\.
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 69304, this pair ranks #55,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abordent vs abordons
Shared letters: abdnor. Private to "abordent": et. Private to "abordons": s.
"abordent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC · "abordons" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abordent" and "abordons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "abordent" or "abordons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abordent" and "abordons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abordons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordent" and "abordons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordons vs adorons". 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 #55,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.