Which to use
“adonnent” and “adonner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,107
- “adonnent” frequency rank
- #26,948
- “adonner” frequency rank
- 68055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adonnent | adonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel 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 adonnent and adonner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adonnent runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCC) against adonner's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adonnent and adonner
A purely visual mix-up. adonnent (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adonnent is recorded at frequency rank #41,107, 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 68055, this pair ranks #60,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adonnent vs adonner
Shared letters: adeno. Private to "adonnent": t. Private to "adonner": r.
"adonnent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC · "adonner" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adonnent" for "adonner" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adonnent" vs "adonner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adonnent" 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 #60,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adonnent" and "adonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abondent vs adonnent". 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 #60,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.