sommes

\sɔm\

/\sɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“sommes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#405
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de somme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sommes · sommes · French

sommes · rank #405 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #405
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Situation

Nearest frequency peer: Situation (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sommes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sommes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sommes vs sommet
83% similar
sommes vs soumis
67% similar
sommes vs sortes
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sommes
PropertyValue
Headwordsommes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#405
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sommes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sommesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Situation » (#404), « vite » (#406), « retour » (#403). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sommes » est au #405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sommes (IPA \sɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #405 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de somme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sommes, with forms such as "osmmes", "smomes", and "somems". 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, "sommet", "soumis", "sortes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 sommes, spelled S-O-M-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de somme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sommes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette image des cathares se généralise tout au long du XIIIème siècle, autant dans les traités de polémique anti-cathare que dans les sommes doctrinales, véritables traités apologétiques où les théologiens exaltent la croyance en un dieu unique, dans l'unicité divine, contrairement donc à l'opinion des hérétiques qui croient en deux principes des choses.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osmmes
  • smomes
  • somems
  • somes
  • sommess
  • sommse
  • ssommes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sommes - 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.

osmmes2smomes2somems2somes1sommess1sommse2ssommes1
Edit distance from "sommes"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sommes"?
"sommes" is spelled S-O-M-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔm\.
What does "sommes" mean?
As a noun, "sommes" means: Pluriel de somme.
What words are commonly confused with "sommes"?
"sommes" is commonly confused with "sommet", "soumis", "sortes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sommes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sommes" is \sɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sommes" come from?
"sommes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sommes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retour#403saison#392Pierre#427public#382

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

choix7 variantsmoyen7 variantsécole7 variantsmatin7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list