Which to use
“confonds” is a verb and “confondues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,944
- “confonds” frequency rank
- #12,343
- “confondues” frequency rank
- 38287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confonds | confondues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de confondre. | Féminin pluriel de confondu. |
Where the eye mixes confonds and confondues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. confonds runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCC) against confondues's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: confonds vs confondues
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: confonds is \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\ while confondues is \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confonds is recorded at frequency rank #25,944, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\. confondues is at rank #12,343, 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 38287, this pair ranks #256,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confonds vs confondues
Shared letters: cdfnos. Private to "confonds": -. Private to "confondues": eu.
"confonds" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "confondues" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confonds ← cconfonds · cnofonds · cofnonds · conffonds · confnods · confodns · confondds · confondss
- confondues ← cconfondues · cnofondues · cofnondues · conffondues · confnodues · confodnues · confonddues · confondeus
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "confonds" and "confondues" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "confonds" vs "confondues" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "confonds" and "confondues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confonds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confondues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confonds" and "confondues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confinés vs confonds". 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 #256,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.