Which to use
“fonda” and “fondée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,289
- “fonda” frequency rank
- #3,612
- “fondée” frequency rank
- 22901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fonda | fondée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de fonder. | Participe passé féminin singulier de fonder. |
Where the eye mixes fonda and fondée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fonda runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fondée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fonda vs fondée
A purely visual mix-up. fonda (\fɔ̃.da\) and fondée (\fɔ̃.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fonda is recorded at frequency rank #19,289, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔ̃.da\. fondée is at rank #3,612, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔ̃.de\.
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 22901, this pair ranks #355,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fonda vs fondée
Shared letters: dfno. Private to "fonda": a. Private to "fondée": eé.
"fonda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fondée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fonda ← ffonda · fnoda · fodna · fonad · fondda · fonnda · ofnda
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fonda" and "fondée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fonda" vs "fondée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fonda" and "fondée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fonda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fondée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fonda" and "fondée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fanta vs fonda". 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 #355,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.