Which to use
“ordonné” and “ordonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,481
- “ordonné” frequency rank
- #39,918
- “ordonnés” frequency rank
- 45399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonné | ordonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans un ordre donné. | Masculin pluriel de ordonné. |
Same sound, different letters: ordonné vs ordonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ordonné runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against ordonnés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ordonné / ordonnés
This is the hard kind. ordonné and ordonnés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “ordonné” sits inside “ordonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45399, 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\. ordonnés is at rank #39,918, 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 45399, this pair ranks #202,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ordonné vs ordonnés
Shared letters: dnoré. Private to "ordonné": -. Private to "ordonnés": s.
"ordonné" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "ordonnés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ordonné" and "ordonnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ordonné" vs "ordonnés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ordonné" / "ordonnés". 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 "ordonnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonné" and "ordonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnent vs ordonnés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #202,984 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.