Which to use
“ordonné” and “ordonnées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,481
- “ordonné” frequency rank
- #36,516
- “ordonnées” frequency rank
- 41997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonné | ordonnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans un ordre donné. | Féminin pluriel de ordonné. |
Same sound, different letters: ordonné vs ordonnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ordonné runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against ordonnées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ordonné / ordonnées
This is the hard kind. ordonné and ordonnées are pronounced identically (\ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ordonné” sits inside “ordonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41997, 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\. ordonnées is at rank #36,516, tagged as anadj, 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 41997, this pair ranks #228,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ordonné vs ordonnées
Shared letters: dnoré. Private to "ordonné": -. Private to "ordonnées": es.
"ordonné" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "ordonnées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ordonné" for "ordonnées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ordonné" or "ordonnées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "ordonné" / "ordonnées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonné" and "ordonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnées vs ordonnent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #228,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.