Which to use
“atome” and “atomes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,092
- “atome” frequency rank
- #12,309
- “atomes” frequency rank
- 27401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atome | atomes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Composant de la matière, plus petite partie d’un corps simple pouvant se combiner avec une autre. | Pluriel de atome. |
Same sound, different letters: atome vs atomes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - atome and atomes
This is the hard kind. atome and atomes are pronounced identically (\a.tom\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “atome” sits inside “atomes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atome is recorded at frequency rank #15,092, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.tom\. 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 27401, this pair ranks #329,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of atome vs atomes
Shared letters: aemot. Private to "atome": -. Private to "atomes": s.
"atome" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "atomes" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "atome" and "atomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "atome" vs "atomes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "atome" 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 #329,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atome" and "atomes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atome vs atos". 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 #329,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.