Which to use
“condamné” and “condamnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,416
- “condamné” frequency rank
- #5,846
- “condamnés” frequency rank
- 8262
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condamné | condamnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est, ou a été, condamné. | Masculin pluriel de condamné. |
Same sound, different letters: condamné vs condamnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: condamné vs condamnés
This is the hard kind. condamné and condamnés are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.da.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “condamné” sits inside “condamnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condamné is recorded at frequency rank #2,416, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.da.ne\. condamnés is at rank #5,846, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.da.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 8262, this pair ranks #420,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condamné vs condamnés
Shared letters: acdmnoé. Private to "condamné": -. Private to "condamnés": s.
"condamné" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "condamnés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "condamné" for "condamnés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "condamné" or "condamnés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "condamné" / "condamnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "condamné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condamnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condamné" and "condamnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condamnés vs condamnons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #420,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.