mentionnésvsmentionnonsTell them apart

Which to use

“mentionnés” and “mentionnons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,437
“mentionnés” frequency rank
#36,046
“mentionnons” frequency rank
47483
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mentionnés mentionnons
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de mentionner. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner.

Where the eye mixes mentionnés and mentionnons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mentionnés runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVC) against mentionnons's 11 (CVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
mentionnés
11 ch
mentionnons

Look-alike desk: mentionnés vs mentionnons

A purely visual mix-up. mentionnés (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) and mentionnons (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃\) 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 47483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mentionnés is recorded at frequency rank #11,437, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. mentionnons is at rank #36,046, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃\.

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 47483, this pair ranks #186,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mentionnés vs mentionnons

Shared letters: eimnost. Private to "mentionnés": é. Private to "mentionnons": -.

"mentionnés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC  ·  "mentionnons" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mentionnons ← emntionnons · menitonnons · menntionnons · mentinonons · mentionnnos · mentionnonns · mentionnonss · mentionnosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mentionnés" for "mentionnons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\ versus \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mentionnés" vs "mentionnons" - which ranks higher?
"mentionnés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,437 in our French list, against #36,046 for "mentionnons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "mentionnés" and "mentionnons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mentionnés" and "mentionnons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnés vs mentionnez". 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 #186,599 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