condamnéesvscondamnezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: condamnées is a adjective, condamnez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“condamnées” is an adjective and “condamnez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,398
“condamnées” frequency rank
#46,080
“condamnez” frequency rank
66478
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condamnées condamnez
Definition Féminin pluriel de condamné. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de condamner.

Same sound, different letters: condamnées vs condamnez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. condamnées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against condamnez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
condamnées
9 ch
condamnez

Ear matches; page differs - condamnées and condamnez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: condamnées and condamnez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.da.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condamnées is recorded at frequency rank #20,398, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.da.ne\. condamnez is at rank #46,080, tagged as averb, 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 66478, this pair ranks #67,627 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of condamnées vs condamnez

Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "condamnées": sé. Private to "condamnez": z.

"condamnées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC  ·  "condamnez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condamnez ← ccondamnez · cnodamnez · codnamnez · conadmnez · condamenz · condammnez · condamnezz · condamnnez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condamnées" and "condamnez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condamnées" is an adjective and "condamnez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "condamnées" or "condamnez"?
"condamnées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,398 in our French list, against #46,080 for "condamnez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condamnées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condamnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,627 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condamnées" and "condamnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condamnent 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 #67,627 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list