Which to use
“randonnée” and “randonnées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,914
- “randonnée” frequency rank
- #21,437
- “randonnées” frequency rank
- 30351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | randonnée | randonnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tour, circuit que fait autour du même lieu une bête qui, après avoir été lancée, se fait chasser dans son enceinte avant de l’abandonner. | Pluriel de randonnée. |
Same sound, different letters: randonnée vs randonnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. randonnée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against randonnées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: randonnée vs randonnées
This is the hard kind. randonnée and randonnées are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.dɔ.ne\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “randonnée” sits inside “randonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
randonnée is recorded at frequency rank #8,914, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dɔ.ne\. randonnées is at rank #21,437, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.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 30351, this pair ranks #310,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of randonnée vs randonnées
Shared letters: adenoré. Private to "randonnée": -. Private to "randonnées": s.
"randonnée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "randonnées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "randonnée" and "randonnées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "randonnée" or "randonnées"?
After this comparison
"randonnée" and "randonnées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "randonnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "randonnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "randonnée" and "randonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "randonnées vs randonneur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #310,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.