ordonnéesvsordonnerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ordonnées is a adjective, ordonner is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ordonnées” is an adjective and “ordonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,516
“ordonnées” frequency rank
#15,702
“ordonner” frequency rank
52218
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ordonnées ordonner
Definition Féminin pluriel de ordonné. Disposer suivant un certain ordre.

Same sound, different letters: ordonnées vs ordonner

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ordonnées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against ordonner's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
ordonnées
8 ch
ordonner

Same sound, different spelling - ordonnées / ordonner

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ordonnées and ordonner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ordonnées is recorded at frequency rank #36,516, classified as anadj, 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 52218, this pair ranks #149,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ordonnées vs ordonner

Shared letters: denor. Private to "ordonnées": sé. Private to "ordonner": -.

"ordonnées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "ordonner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ordonner ← odronner · orddonner · ordnoner · ordonenr · ordoner · ordonnerr · ordonnre · orodnner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ordonnées" and "ordonner" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ordonnées" is an adjective and "ordonner" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ordonnées" or "ordonner"?
"ordonner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,702 in our French list, against #36,516 for "ordonnées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"ordonnées" and "ordonner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ordonnées" 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 #149,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ordonnées" and "ordonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnées 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 #149,262 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list