Which to use
“fondées” and “fondre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,970
- “fondées” frequency rank
- #7,829
- “fondre” frequency rank
- 20799
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fondées | fondre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de fonder. | Liquéfier ou rendre fluide, au moyen de la chaleur, une substance plus ou moins solide. |
Where the eye mixes fondées and fondre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fondées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against fondre's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fondées and fondre
A purely visual mix-up. fondées (\fɔ̃.de\) and fondre (\fɔ̃dʁ\) 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 20799, 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\. fondre is at rank #7,829, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔ̃dʁ\.
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 20799, this pair ranks #366,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fondées vs fondre
Shared letters: defno. Private to "fondées": sé. Private to "fondre": r.
"fondées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "fondre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fondre ← ffondre · fnodre · fodnre · fonddre · fondrre · fonndre · fonrde · ofndre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fondées" and "fondre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fondées" vs "fondre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fondées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fondre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fondées" and "fondre" 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 #366,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.