Which to use
“coordonnée” is a noun and “coordonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,165
- “coordonnée” frequency rank
- #14,647
- “coordonner” frequency rank
- 38812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coordonnée | coordonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donnée sur la position, sur l’endroit ou la façon de trouver. | Arranger certaines choses, en particulier des actions, entre elles pour parvenir à une fin. |
Same sound, different letters: coordonnée vs coordonner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. coordonnée (CVVCCVCCVV) and coordonner (CVVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - coordonnée and coordonner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coordonnée and coordonner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38812, 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\. coordonner is at rank #14,647, tagged as averb, 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 38812, this pair ranks #252,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coordonnée vs coordonner
Shared letters: cdenor. Private to "coordonnée": é. Private to "coordonner": -.
"coordonnée" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVV · "coordonner" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coordonner ← ccoordonner · coodronner · coorddonner · coordnoner · coordonenr · coordoner · coordonnerr · coordonnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coordonnée" and "coordonner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "coordonnée" vs "coordonner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "coordonnée" / "coordonner". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coordonnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coordonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coordonnée" and "coordonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coordonnée vs coordonnés". 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 #252,623 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.