Which to use
“condamnée” is a noun and “condamner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,364
- “condamnée” frequency rank
- #7,803
- “condamner” frequency rank
- 16167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condamnée | condamner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle contre qui une peine afflictive ou infamante a été prononcée. | Déclarer quelqu’un, par décision de justice, coupable d'un délit ou d'un crime et lui infliger la peine correspondante. |
Where the eye mixes condamnée and condamner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. condamnée (CVCCVCCVV) and condamner (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between condamnée and condamner
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: condamnée is \kɔ̃.da.ne\ while condamner is \kɔ̃.dɑ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condamnée is recorded at frequency rank #8,364, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.da.ne\. condamner is at rank #7,803, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɑ.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 16167, this pair ranks #389,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condamnée vs condamner
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "condamnée": é. Private to "condamner": r.
"condamnée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "condamner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- condamner ← ccondamner · cnodamner · codnamner · conadmner · condamenr · condammner · condamnerr · condamnner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condamnée" and "condamner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "condamnée" or "condamner" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "condamnée" and "condamner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "condamnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condamner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condamnée" and "condamner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condamnée vs condamnez". 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 #389,062 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.