Which to use
“ordonnée” is a noun and “ordonnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,357
- “ordonnée” frequency rank
- #39,918
- “ordonnés” frequency rank
- 59275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonnée | ordonnés |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de ordonné. |
Same sound, different letters: ordonnée vs ordonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ordonnée and ordonnés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ordonnée and ordonnés 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 a single letter - e in “ordonnée” becomes s in “ordonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59275, 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\. 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 59275, this pair ranks #104,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ordonnée vs ordonnés
Shared letters: dnoré. Private to "ordonnée": e. Private to "ordonnés": s.
"ordonnée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "ordonnés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ordonnée" and "ordonnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ordonnée" or "ordonnés"?
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 "ordonnée" 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 #104,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonnée" and "ordonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnent vs ordonnés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #104,083 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.