Which to use
“alarme” is a noun and “alarmer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,831
- “alarme” frequency rank
- #37,162
- “alarmer” frequency rank
- 42993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alarme | alarmer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Signal pour faire courir aux armes ou pour appeler au secours. | Faire prendre les armes à une garnison. |
Where the eye mixes alarme and alarmer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alarme runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against alarmer's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alarme vs alarmer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alarme is \a.laʁm\ while alarmer is \a.laʁ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “alarme” sits inside “alarmer”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alarme is recorded at frequency rank #5,831, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.laʁm\. alarmer is at rank #37,162, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.laʁ.me\.
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 42993, this pair ranks #221,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alarme vs alarmer
Shared letters: aelmr. Private to "alarme": -. Private to "alarmer": -.
"alarme" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "alarmer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alarme" and "alarmer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "alarme" or "alarmer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "alarme" and "alarmer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alarme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alarmer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alarme" and "alarmer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alarmer vs alerter". 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 #221,407 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.