Which to use
“ordonné” is an adjective and “ordonnée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,481
- “ordonné” frequency rank
- #19,357
- “ordonnée” frequency rank
- 24838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonné | ordonnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans un ordre donné. | Position d’un point d’un plan par rapport au deuxième axe, en général représenté verticalement (axe des y), la position par rapport au premier axe étant l’abscisse. |
Same sound, different letters: ordonné vs ordonnée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - ordonné / ordonnée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ordonné and ordonnée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ordonné” sits inside “ordonnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ordonné is recorded at frequency rank #5,481, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. ordonnée is at rank #19,357, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\.
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 24838, this pair ranks #344,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ordonné vs ordonnée
Shared letters: dnoré. Private to "ordonné": -. Private to "ordonnée": e.
"ordonné" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "ordonnée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonné" and "ordonnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnée vs ordonnent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #344,291 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.