Which to use
“agrumes” and “arômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,608
- “agrumes” frequency rank
- #18,933
- “arômes” frequency rank
- 45541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrumes | arômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agrume. | Pluriel de arôme. |
Where the eye mixes agrumes and arômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agrumes runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against arômes's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agrumes vs arômes
A purely visual mix-up. agrumes (\a.ɡʁym\) and arômes (\a.ʁom\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrumes is recorded at frequency rank #26,608, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁym\. arômes is at rank #18,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁom\.
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 45541, this pair ranks #201,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agrumes vs arômes
Shared letters: aemrs. Private to "agrumes": gu. Private to "arômes": ô.
"agrumes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "arômes" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agrumes ← aggrumes · agrmues · agrrumes · agruems · agrumess · agrummes · agrumse · agurmes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agrumes" and "arômes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "agrumes" or "arômes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrumes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrumes" and "arômes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégés vs agrumes". 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 #201,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.