Which to use
“coordonnée” and “coordonnées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,165
- “coordonnée” frequency rank
- #6,486
- “coordonnées” frequency rank
- 30651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coordonnée | coordonnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donnée sur la position, sur l’endroit ou la façon de trouver. | Les abscisses et des ordonnées d’un point, considérées ensemble, et relativement les unes aux autres. |
Same sound, different letters: coordonnée vs coordonnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. coordonnée runs 10 letters (CVVCCVCCVV) against coordonnées's 11 (CVVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - coordonnée and coordonnées
This is the hard kind. coordonnée and coordonnées are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coordonnée” sits inside “coordonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coordonnée is recorded at frequency rank #24,165, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. coordonnées is at rank #6,486, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁ.dɔ.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 30651, this pair ranks #308,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coordonnée vs coordonnées
Shared letters: cdenoré. Private to "coordonnée": -. Private to "coordonnées": s.
"coordonnée" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVV · "coordonnées" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "coordonnée" vs "coordonnées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"coordonnée" and "coordonnées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "coordonnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coordonnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coordonnée" and "coordonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coordonnée vs coordonnés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #308,874 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.