pomme
\pɔm\
The verdict
“pomme” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,518 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,518
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruit du pommier, de forme ronde, à la chair ferme et de saveur diverse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pomme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pomme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pomme is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔm\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,518 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pomme, with forms such as "opmme", "pmome", and "pome". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pose", "pote", "pope", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pomme, spelled P-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit du pommier, de forme ronde, à la chair ferme et de saveur diverse.
- 2Tout objet en forme de pomme.
- 3Tout objet en forme de pomme.
- 4Tout objet en forme de pomme.
- 5Tout objet en forme de pomme.
- 6Tout objet en forme de pomme.
- 7Fruit de plusieurs végétaux.
- 8Fruit interdit du paradis terrestre.
- 9Pomme de terre.
- 10Tête, visage d’une personne.
- 11Ma, ta, sa, notre, votre ou leur.
- 12Personne naïve, dont on se moque facilement.
- 13Prix de beauté, par allusion au mythologique jugement de Pâris.
- 14Personne amérindienne acculturée par les Blancs.
- 15Meuble représentant un disque de couleur verte dans les armoiries. Il s’agit d’un ancien nom utilisé pour le tourteau de sinople. À rapprocher de besant, besant-tourteau, buse, gulpe, guse, heurte, œil de faucon, ogoesse, plate, somme, tourteau, tourteau-besant et volet.
- 16Nouage de forme sphérique mono ou multibrin venant recouvrir une surface pour la décorer, la renforcer ou la protéger. Les pommes sont généralement désignées par leur nombre de faces (pomme à 36 faces par exemple). Elles présentent souvent une asymétrie formant un trou par lequel un élément pourra entrer dans le nœud (barre en bois, corde d’escalier…). Quelques unes parmi les plus utilisées ont un nom spécifique tels que la pomme de touline, la pomme de tireveille, la pomme de marchepied… Pour une petite pomme, on parlera plutôt de bouton.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opmme,pmome,pome,pomem,ppomme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pomme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pomme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pose” - see the side-by-side comparison. pomme vs pose
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.