coordonnervscoordonnésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: coordonner is a verb, coordonnés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coordonner” is a verb and “coordonnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,647
“coordonner” frequency rank
#35,446
“coordonnés” frequency rank
50093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coordonner coordonnés
Definition Arranger certaines choses, en particulier des actions, entre elles pour parvenir à une fin. Masculin pluriel de coordonné.

Same sound, different letters: coordonner vs coordonnés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. coordonner and coordonnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
coordonner
10 ch
coordonnés

Ear matches; page differs - coordonner and coordonnés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coordonner and coordonnés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 50093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coordonner is recorded at frequency rank #14,647, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. coordonnés is at rank #35,446, tagged as anadj, 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 50093, this pair ranks #165,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coordonner vs coordonnés

Shared letters: cdnor. Private to "coordonner": e. Private to "coordonnés": .

"coordonner" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC  ·  "coordonnés" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coordonnerccoordonner · coodronner · coorddonner · coordnoner · coordonenr · coordoner · coordonnerr · coordonnre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coordonner" for "coordonnés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coordonner" is a verb and "coordonnés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "coordonner" vs "coordonnés" - which ranks higher?
"coordonner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,647 in our French list, against #35,446 for "coordonnés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "coordonner" / "coordonnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coordonner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coordonnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coordonner" and "coordonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coordonnés vs couronnés". 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 #165,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list