Which to use
“atome” and “automne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,092
- “atome” frequency rank
- #2,608
- “automne” frequency rank
- 17700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atome | automne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Composant de la matière, plus petite partie d’un corps simple pouvant se combiner avec une autre. | Une des quatre saisons de l’année. Dans l’hémisphère nord, l’automne astronomique s’étend du 7 août au 7 novembre, l’équinoxe d’automne représentant le milieu de l’automne. L’automne météorologique (demi-saison se trouvant entre les saisons chaude et froide) comprend les mois de septembre, octobre et novembre. L’automne calendaire français, enfin, s’étend du 22 septembre (équinoxe d’automne) au 21 décembre (solstice d'hiver). Dans l’hémisphère sud, ce découpage correspond à la saison de printemps. |
Where the eye mixes atome and automne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. atome runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against automne's 7 (VVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: atome vs automne
A purely visual mix-up. atome (\a.tom\) and automne (\o.tɔn\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17700, 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\. automne is at rank #2,608, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.tɔn\.
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 17700, this pair ranks #381,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of atome vs automne
Shared letters: aemot. Private to "atome": -. Private to "automne": nu.
"atome" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "automne" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "atome" for "automne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "atome" or "automne"?
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 "atome" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "automne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atome" and "automne" 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 #381,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.