Which to use
“cautionne” and “cautionner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,162
- “cautionne” frequency rank
- #32,728
- “cautionner” frequency rank
- 65890
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cautionne | cautionner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe cautionner. | Se rendre caution pour quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes cautionne and cautionner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cautionne and cautionner
A purely visual mix-up. cautionne (\kɔ.sjɔn\) and cautionner (\kɔ.sjɔ.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) - “cautionne” sits inside “cautionner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cautionne is recorded at frequency rank #33,162, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.sjɔn\. cautionner is at rank #32,728, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.sjɔ.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 65890, this pair ranks #70,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cautionne vs cautionner
Shared letters: aceinotu. Private to "cautionne": -. Private to "cautionner": r.
"cautionne" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCCV · "cautionner" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cautionne ← acutionne · catuionne · cauitonne · cautinone · cautione · cautionen · cautoinne · cauttionne
- cautionner ← acutionner · catuionner · cauitonner · cautinoner · cautionenr · cautioner · cautionnerr · cautionnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cautionne" and "cautionner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cautionne" or "cautionner" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cautionne" and "cautionner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cautionne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cautionner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cautionne" and "cautionner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cautionne vs cautions". 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 #70,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.