conditionnevsconditionsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: conditionne is a verb, conditions is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#27,744
“conditionne” frequency rank
#610
“conditions” frequency rank
28354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conditionne conditions
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conditionner. Pluriel de condition.

Where the eye mixes conditionne and conditions

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
conditionne
10 ch
conditions

Why the eye confuses conditionne with conditions

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conditionne is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔn\ while conditions is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28354, 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\. conditions is at rank #610, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\.

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 28354, this pair ranks #323,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conditionne vs conditions

Shared letters: cdinot. Private to "conditionne": e. Private to "conditions": s.

"conditionne" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV  ·  "conditions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conditionnecconditionne · cnoditionne · codnitionne · condditionne · condiitonne · conditinone · conditione · conditionen
  • conditionscconditions · cnoditions · codnitions · condditions · condiitons · conditinos · conditionns · conditionss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conditionne" and "conditions" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conditionne" is a verb and "conditions" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conditionne" vs "conditions" - which ranks higher?
"conditions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #610 in our French list, against #27,744 for "conditionne". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conditionne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conditions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #323,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conditionne" and "conditions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conditionne vs conditionnent". 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 #323,350 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