abrogévsabrogerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#32,255
“abrogé” frequency rank
#30,446
“abroger” frequency rank
62701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abrogé abroger
Definition Supprimé, annulé, en parlant des lois, décrets, arrêtés, etc. Rendre nul, principalement en parlant de lois, de coutumes.

Same sound, different letters: abrogé vs abroger

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. abrogé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against abroger's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
abrogé
7 ch
abroger

Ear matches; page differs - abrogé and abroger

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abrogé and abroger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\. 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 62701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abrogé is recorded at frequency rank #32,255, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\. abroger is at rank #30,446, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\.

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 62701, this pair ranks #85,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of abrogé vs abroger

Shared letters: abgor. Private to "abrogé": é. Private to "abroger": e.

"abrogé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "abroger" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abroger ← abbroger · aborger · abrgoer · abroegr · abrogerr · abrogger · abrogre · abrroger

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abrogé" and "abroger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "abrogé" is an adjective and "abroger" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "abrogé" or "abroger"?
"abroger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,446 in our French list, against #32,255 for "abrogé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"abrogé" and "abroger" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abrogé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abroger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abrogé" and "abroger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrogé vs abrogée". 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 #85,769 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