Which to use
“pardonné” and “pardonnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,219
- “pardonné” frequency rank
- #16,693
- “pardonnez” frequency rank
- 33912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pardonné | pardonnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de pardonner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pardonner. |
Same sound, different letters: pardonné vs pardonnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pardonné runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against pardonnez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pardonné / pardonnez
This is the hard kind. pardonné and pardonnez 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 33912, 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\. pardonnez is at rank #16,693, 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 33912, this pair ranks #287,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pardonné vs pardonnez
Shared letters: adnopr. Private to "pardonné": é. Private to "pardonnez": ez.
"pardonné" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "pardonnez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pardonnez ← aprdonnez · padronnez · parddonnez · pardnonez · pardonenz · pardonez · pardonnezz · pardonnze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pardonné" and "pardonnez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pardonné" vs "pardonnez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "pardonné" / "pardonnez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pardonné" and "pardonnez" 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 #287,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.