Which to use
“coordonnées” is a noun and “coordonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,486
- “coordonnées” frequency rank
- #14,647
- “coordonner” frequency rank
- 21133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coordonnées | coordonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Les abscisses et des ordonnées d’un point, considérées ensemble, et relativement les unes aux autres. | Arranger certaines choses, en particulier des actions, entre elles pour parvenir à une fin. |
Same sound, different letters: coordonnées vs coordonner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. coordonnées runs 11 letters (CVVCCVCCVVC) against coordonner's 10 (CVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - coordonnées / coordonner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coordonnées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coordonnées is recorded at frequency rank #6,486, 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 21133, this pair ranks #364,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coordonnées vs coordonner
Shared letters: cdenor. Private to "coordonnées": sé. Private to "coordonner": -.
"coordonnées" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVC · "coordonner" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coordonner ← ccoordonner · coodronner · coorddonner · coordnoner · coordonenr · coordoner · coordonnerr · coordonnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coordonnées" for "coordonner" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coordonnées" or "coordonner"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "coordonnées" / "coordonner". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coordonnées" 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 #364,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coordonnées" and "coordonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coordonner 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 #364,682 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.