Which to use
“Atom” and “atomes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,255
- “Atom” frequency rank
- #12,309
- “atomes” frequency rank
- 48564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Atom | atomes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atome. | Pluriel de atome. |
Same sound, different letters: Atom vs atomes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: Atom vs atomes
This is the hard kind. Atom and atomes are pronounced identically (\aˈtoːm\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Atom” sits inside “atomes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Atom is recorded at frequency rank #36,255, classified as anoun, pronounced \aˈtoːm\. atomes is at rank #12,309, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.tom\.
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 48564, this pair ranks #177,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Atom vs atomes
Shared letters: amot. Private to "Atom": -. Private to "atomes": es.
"Atom" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "atomes" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Atom" and "atomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Atom" or "atomes" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "Atom" / "atomes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "Atom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atomes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Atom" and "atomes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "astor vs Atom". 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 #177,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.