Which to use
“fondées” and “fonder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,970
- “fondées” frequency rank
- #7,963
- “fonder” frequency rank
- 20933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fondées | fonder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de fonder. | Asseoir un bâtiment, un édifice sur des fondements. |
Same sound, different letters: fondées vs fonder
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. fondées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against fonder's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - fondées / fonder
This is the hard kind. fondées and fonder are pronounced identically (\fɔ̃.de\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fondées is recorded at frequency rank #12,970, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔ̃.de\. fonder is at rank #7,963, 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 20933, this pair ranks #365,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fondées vs fonder
Shared letters: defno. Private to "fondées": sé. Private to "fonder": r.
"fondées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "fonder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fonder ← ffonder · fnoder · fodner · fondder · fonderr · fonedr · fonnder · ofnder
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fondées" and "fonder" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fondées" vs "fonder" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"fondées" and "fonder" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fondées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fonder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fondées" and "fonder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fondées vs fondeurs". 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 #365,725 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.