Which to use
“ordonnée” is a noun and “ordonnées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,357
- “ordonnée” frequency rank
- #36,516
- “ordonnées” frequency rank
- 55873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonnée | ordonnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Féminin pluriel de ordonné. |
Same sound, different letters: ordonnée vs ordonnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: ordonnée vs ordonnées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ordonnée and ordonnées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ordonnée” sits inside “ordonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ordonnée is recorded at frequency rank #19,357, classified as anoun, 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 55873, this pair ranks #124,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ordonnée vs ordonnées
Shared letters: denoré. Private to "ordonnée": -. Private to "ordonnées": s.
"ordonnée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "ordonnées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ordonnée" for "ordonnées" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"ordonnée" and "ordonnées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonnée" 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 #124,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonnée" and "ordonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnées vs ordonnent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #124,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.