Which to use
“ordonnent” is a verb and “ordonnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,770
- “ordonnent” frequency rank
- #39,918
- “ordonnés” frequency rank
- 85688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordonnent | ordonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ordonner. | Masculin pluriel de ordonné. |
Where the eye mixes ordonnent and ordonnés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ordonnent with ordonnés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ordonnent is \ɔʁ.dɔn\ while ordonnés is \ɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ordonnent is recorded at frequency rank #45,770, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.dɔn\. 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 85688, this pair ranks #10,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ordonnent vs ordonnés
Shared letters: dnor. Private to "ordonnent": et. Private to "ordonnés": sé.
"ordonnent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "ordonnés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ordonnent ← odronnent · orddonnent · ordnonent · ordonennt · ordonent · ordonnennt · ordonnentt · ordonnetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ordonnent" and "ordonnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ordonnent" or "ordonnés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ordonnent" and "ordonnés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ordonnent" 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 #10,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordonnent" and "ordonnés" 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 #10,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.