Which to use
“confondre” is a verb and “confondue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,067
- “confondre” frequency rank
- #28,109
- “confondue” frequency rank
- 34176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confondre | confondue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunir, mêler des choses et même des personnes de manière à ne former qu’un tout. | Féminin singulier de confondu. |
Where the eye mixes confondre and confondue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. confondre (CVCCVCCCV) and confondue (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses confondre with confondue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: confondre is \kɔ̃.fɔ̃dʁ\ while confondue is \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “confondre” becomes u in “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 34176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confondre is recorded at frequency rank #6,067, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃dʁ\. 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 34176, this pair ranks #285,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confondre vs confondue
Shared letters: cdefno. Private to "confondre": r. Private to "confondue": u.
"confondre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "confondue" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "confondre" and "confondue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "confondre" vs "confondue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "confondre" and "confondue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confondre" 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 #285,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confondre" 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 #285,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.