Which to use
“confond” is a verb and “confondue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,342
- “confond” frequency rank
- #28,109
- “confondue” frequency rank
- 40451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confond | confondue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de confondre. | Féminin singulier de confondu. |
Where the eye mixes confond and confondue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confond runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against confondue's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: confond vs confondue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: confond is \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\ while confondue is \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “confond” sits inside “confondue”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confond is recorded at frequency rank #12,342, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\. confondue is at rank #28,109, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy\.
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 40451, this pair ranks #240,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confond vs confondue
Shared letters: cdfno. Private to "confond": -. Private to "confondue": eu.
"confond" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "confondue" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confond" and "confondue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "confond" vs "confondue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "confond" and "confondue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confondue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confond" and "confondue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confondez vs confondue". 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 #240,400 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.