Which to use
“abordons” and “adorons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,552
- “abordons” frequency rank
- #44,845
- “adorons” frequency rank
- 91397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordons | adorons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adorer. |
Where the eye mixes abordons and adorons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. abordons runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCC) against adorons's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: abordons vs adorons
A purely visual mix-up. abordons (\a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃\) and adorons (\a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordons is recorded at frequency rank #46,552, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃\. adorons is at rank #44,845, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃\.
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 91397, this pair ranks #3,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abordons vs adorons
Shared letters: adnors. Private to "abordons": b. Private to "adorons": -.
"abordons" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC · "adorons" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abordons" for "adorons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "abordons" or "adorons" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abordons" and "adorons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adorons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordons" and "adorons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordons vs accordons". 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 #3,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.