subordonné vs subordonnés

Which to use

“subordonné” and “subordonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,990
“subordonné” frequency rank: #28,763
“subordonnés” frequency rank: 58753
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	subordonné	subordonnés
Definition	Qui dépend d’un autre.	Masculin pluriel de subordonné.

Same sound, different letters: subordonné vs subordonnés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. subordonné runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against subordonnés's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

subordonné

11 ch

subordonnés

Homophone desk: subordonné vs subordonnés

This is the hard kind. subordonné and subordonnés are pronounced identically (\sy.bɔʁ.dɔ.ne\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “subordonné” sits inside “subordonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

subordonné is recorded at frequency rank #29,990, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.bɔʁ.dɔ.ne\. subordonnés is at rank #28,763, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.bɔʁ.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 58753, this pair ranks #107,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of subordonné vs subordonnés

Shared letters: bdnorsué. Private to "subordonné": -. Private to "subordonnés": -.

"subordonné" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "subordonnés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "subordonné" and "subordonnés" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.bɔʁ.dɔ.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "subordonné" or "subordonnés"?

"subordonnés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,763 in our French list, against #29,990 for "subordonné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "subordonné" / "subordonnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "subordonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "subordonnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #107,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"subordonné" and "subordonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subordonné vs subordonnée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #107,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.