Which to use
“pardonné” and “pardonner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,219
- “pardonné” frequency rank
- #7,474
- “pardonner” frequency rank
- 24693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pardonné | pardonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de pardonner. | Accorder le pardon d’une faute commise, ne garder aucun ressentiment d’une injure reçue. — Note d’usage : En ce sens il a toujours le nom de la chose pour complément direct et le nom de la personne pour complément indirect avec la préposition. |
Same sound, different letters: pardonné vs pardonner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pardonné runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against pardonner's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: pardonné vs pardonner
This is the hard kind. pardonné and pardonner are pronounced identically (\paʁ.dɔ.ne\) and both work as averb. 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 24693, 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\. pardonner is at rank #7,474, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.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 24693, this pair ranks #345,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pardonné vs pardonner
Shared letters: adnopr. Private to "pardonné": é. Private to "pardonner": e.
"pardonné" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "pardonner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pardonner ← aprdonner · padronner · parddonner · pardnoner · pardonenr · pardoner · pardonnerr · pardonnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pardonné" and "pardonner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pardonné" or "pardonner"?
After this comparison
"pardonné" and "pardonner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pardonné" and "pardonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pardonné vs pardonnent". 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 #345,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.