ordonnéesvsordonnésConfusable pair

Which to use

“ordonnées” and “ordonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,516
“ordonnées” frequency rank
#39,918
“ordonnés” frequency rank
76434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ordonnées ordonnés
Definition Féminin pluriel de ordonné. Masculin pluriel de ordonné.

Same sound, different letters: ordonnées vs ordonnés

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

9 ch
ordonnées
8 ch
ordonnés

Ear matches; page differs - ordonnées and ordonnés

This is the hard kind. ordonnées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76434, 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\. 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 76434, this pair ranks #31,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ordonnées vs ordonnés

Shared letters: dnorsé. Private to "ordonnées": e. Private to "ordonnés": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ordonnées" and "ordonnés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "ordonnées" vs "ordonnés" - which ranks higher?
"ordonnées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,516 in our French list, against #39,918 for "ordonnés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "ordonnées" / "ordonnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ordonnées" 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 #31,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ordonnées" and "ordonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordonnent vs ordonnés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #31,167 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