Which to use
“fondées” is a verb and “fonderies” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,970
- “fondées” frequency rank
- #46,177
- “fonderies” frequency rank
- 59147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fondées | fonderies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de fonder. | Pluriel de fonderie. |
Where the eye mixes fondées and fonderies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fondées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against fonderies's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fondées and fonderies
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fondées is \fɔ̃.de\ while fonderies is \fɔ̃d.ʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59147, 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\. fonderies is at rank #46,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃d.ʁi\.
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 59147, this pair ranks #104,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fondées vs fonderies
Shared letters: defnos. Private to "fondées": é. Private to "fonderies": ir.
"fondées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "fonderies" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fonderies ← ffonderies · fnoderies · fodneries · fondderies · fondeires · fondereis · fonderiess · fonderise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fondées" for "fonderies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fondées" vs "fonderies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fondées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fonderies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fondées" and "fonderies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fonderie vs fonderies". 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 #104,796 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.