Which to use
“pardonné” and “pardonnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,219
- “pardonné” frequency rank
- #46,336
- “pardonnent” frequency rank
- 63555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pardonné | pardonnent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de pardonner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pardonner. |
Where the eye mixes pardonné and pardonnent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. pardonné runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against pardonnent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pardonné and pardonnent
A purely visual mix-up. pardonné (\paʁ.dɔ.ne\) and pardonnent (\paʁ.dɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pardonné is recorded at frequency rank #17,219, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.dɔ.ne\. pardonnent is at rank #46,336, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.dɔn\.
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 63555, this pair ranks #81,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pardonné vs pardonnent
Shared letters: adnopr. Private to "pardonné": é. Private to "pardonnent": et.
"pardonné" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "pardonnent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pardonnent ← aprdonnent · padronnent · parddonnent · pardnonent · pardonennt · pardonent · pardonnennt · pardonnentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pardonné" and "pardonnent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pardonné" or "pardonnent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pardonné" and "pardonnent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pardonné" and "pardonnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pardonnent vs pardonnera". 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 #81,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.