conditionnentvsconditionnerTell them apart

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

#48,423
“conditionnent” frequency rank
#38,721
“conditionner” frequency rank
87144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conditionnent conditionner
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de conditionner. Soumettre à condition.

Where the eye mixes conditionnent and conditionner

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

13 ch
conditionnent
12 ch
conditionner

Why the eye confuses conditionnent with conditionner

A purely visual mix-up. conditionnent (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conditionnent is recorded at frequency rank #48,423, 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 87144, this pair ranks #8,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conditionnent vs conditionner

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

"conditionnent" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVCC  ·  "conditionner" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conditionnentcconditionnent · cnoditionnent · codnitionnent · condditionnent · condiitonnent · conditinonent · conditionennt · conditionent
  • conditionnercconditionner · cnoditionner · codnitionner · condditionner · condiitonner · conditinoner · conditionenr · conditioner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conditionnent" 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: "conditionnent" vs "conditionner" - which ranks higher?
"conditionner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,721 in our French list, against #48,423 for "conditionnent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "conditionnent" and "conditionner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conditionnent" 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 #8,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conditionnent" and "conditionner" 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 #8,713 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