conditionnevsconditionnerTell them apart

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“conditionne” and “conditionner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,744
“conditionne” frequency rank
#38,721
“conditionner” frequency rank
66465
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conditionne conditionner
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conditionner. Soumettre à condition.

Where the eye mixes conditionne and conditionner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

11 ch
conditionne
12 ch
conditionner

Why the eye confuses conditionne with conditionner

A purely visual mix-up. conditionne (\kɔ̃.di.sjɔn\) and conditionner (\kɔ̃.di.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) - “conditionne” sits inside “conditionner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conditionne is recorded at frequency rank #27,744, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔn\. conditionner is at rank #38,721, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.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 66465, this pair ranks #67,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conditionne vs conditionner

Shared letters: cdeinot. Private to "conditionne": -. Private to "conditionner": r.

"conditionne" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV  ·  "conditionner" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conditionnecconditionne · cnoditionne · codnitionne · condditionne · condiitonne · conditinone · conditione · conditionen
  • conditionnercconditionner · cnoditionner · codnitionner · condditionner · condiitonner · conditinoner · conditionenr · conditioner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conditionne" and "conditionner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.di.sjɔn\ versus \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conditionne" vs "conditionner" - which ranks higher?
"conditionne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,744 in our French list, against #38,721 for "conditionner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conditionne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conditionner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conditionne" and "conditionner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conditionnent vs conditionner". 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 #67,691 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