conditionnevsconditionnésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: conditionne is a verb, conditionnés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#27,744
“conditionne” frequency rank
#37,738
“conditionnés” frequency rank
65482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conditionne conditionnés
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conditionner. Masculin pluriel de conditionné.

Where the eye mixes conditionne and conditionnés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
conditionne
12 ch
conditionnés

Why the eye confuses conditionne with conditionnés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conditionne is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔn\ while conditionnés is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65482, 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\. conditionnés is at rank #37,738, tagged as anadj, 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 65482, this pair ranks #72,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conditionne vs conditionnés

Shared letters: cdinot. Private to "conditionne": e. Private to "conditionnés": .

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conditionnecconditionne · cnoditionne · codnitionne · condditionne · condiitonne · conditinone · conditione · conditionen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conditionne" and "conditionnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conditionne" is a verb and "conditionnés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conditionne" vs "conditionnés" - which ranks higher?
"conditionne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,744 in our French list, against #37,738 for "conditionnés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "conditionne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conditionnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conditionne" and "conditionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conditionnent vs conditionnés". 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 #72,150 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