Which to use
“pardonner” and “pardonnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,474
- “pardonner” frequency rank
- #16,693
- “pardonnez” frequency rank
- 24167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pardonner | pardonnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pardonner. |
Same sound, different letters: pardonner vs pardonnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pardonner and pardonnez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - pardonner / pardonnez
This is the hard kind. pardonner 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 a single letter - r in “pardonner” becomes z in “pardonnez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pardonner is recorded at frequency rank #7,474, 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 24167, this pair ranks #348,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pardonner vs pardonnez
Shared letters: adenopr. Private to "pardonner": -. Private to "pardonnez": z.
"pardonner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "pardonnez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pardonner" and "pardonnez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pardonner" vs "pardonnez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "pardonner" / "pardonnez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pardonner" 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 #348,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pardonner" and "pardonnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pardonnent vs pardonnez". 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 #348,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.