Which to use
“adonne” and “adonner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,454
- “adonne” frequency rank
- #26,948
- “adonner” frequency rank
- 57402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adonne | adonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe adonner. | Tourner dans un sens favorable à la marche d’un voilier, pour le vent ; ce qui permet donc de lofer. |
Where the eye mixes adonne and adonner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses adonne with adonner
A purely visual mix-up. adonne (\a.dɔn\) and adonner (\a.dɔ.ne\) 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 extra letter(s) - “adonne” sits inside “adonner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adonne is recorded at frequency rank #30,454, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dɔn\. adonner is at rank #26,948, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔ.ne\.
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 57402, this pair ranks #115,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adonne vs adonner
Shared letters: adeno. Private to "adonne": -. Private to "adonner": r.
"adonne" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adonner" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adonne" for "adonner" ever safe?
Which is more common, "adonne" or "adonner"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adonne" and "adonner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adonne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adonne" and "adonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adonne vs Argonne". 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 #115,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.