Which to use
“ordonnée” is a noun and “ordonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,357
- “ordonnée” frequency rank
- #15,702
- “ordonner” frequency rank
- 35059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonnée | ordonner |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Disposer suivant un certain ordre. |
Same sound, different letters: ordonnée vs ordonner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ordonnée and ordonner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ordonnée and ordonner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35059, 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\. ordonner is at rank #15,702, tagged as averb, 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 35059, this pair ranks #279,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ordonnée vs ordonner
Shared letters: denor. Private to "ordonnée": é. Private to "ordonner": -.
"ordonnée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "ordonner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ordonner ← odronner · orddonner · ordnoner · ordonenr · ordoner · ordonnerr · ordonnre · orodnner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ordonnée" and "ordonner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ordonnée" or "ordonner"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonnée" and "ordonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnée vs ordonnent". 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 #279,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.