Which to use
“conditionnée” is an adjective and “conditionnelle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,105
- “conditionnée” frequency rank
- #16,579
- “conditionnelle” frequency rank
- 46684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conditionnée | conditionnelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de conditionné. | Liberté conditionnelle |
Where the eye mixes conditionnée and conditionnelle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. conditionnée runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVVCCVV) against conditionnelle's 14 (CVCCVCVVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conditionnée with conditionnelle
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conditionnée is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.ne\ while conditionnelle is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conditionnée is recorded at frequency rank #30,105, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.ne\. conditionnelle is at rank #16,579, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\.
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 46684, this pair ranks #192,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conditionnée vs conditionnelle
Shared letters: cdeinot. Private to "conditionnée": é. Private to "conditionnelle": l.
"conditionnée" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVV · "conditionnelle" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conditionnelle ← cconditionnelle · cnoditionnelle · codnitionnelle · condditionnelle · condiitonnelle · conditinonelle · conditionelle · conditionenlle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conditionnée" and "conditionnelle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "conditionnée" or "conditionnelle" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conditionnée" and "conditionnelle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conditionnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conditionnelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conditionnée" and "conditionnelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conditionnée 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 #192,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.