condamnésvscondamnezConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#5,846
“condamnés” frequency rank
#46,080
“condamnez” frequency rank
51926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condamnés condamnez
Definition Masculin pluriel de condamné. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de condamner.

Same sound, different letters: condamnés vs condamnez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

9 ch
condamnés
9 ch
condamnez

Same sound, different spelling - condamnés / condamnez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: condamnés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condamnés is recorded at frequency rank #5,846, 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 51926, this pair ranks #151,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condamnés vs condamnez

Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "condamnés": . Private to "condamnez": ez.

"condamnés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "condamnez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condamnezccondamnez · cnodamnez · codnamnez · conadmnez · condamenz · condammnez · condamnezz · condamnnez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "condamnés" and "condamnez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condamnés" is an adjective and "condamnez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "condamnés" vs "condamnez" - which ranks higher?
"condamnés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,846 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "condamnés" 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 #151,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condamnés" 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 #151,411 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