Which to use
“automatisme” and “automatismes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,064
- “automatisme” frequency rank
- #32,293
- “automatismes” frequency rank
- 62357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | automatisme | automatismes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui se fait automatiquement. | Pluriel de automatisme. |
Same sound, different letters: automatisme vs automatismes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. automatisme runs 11 letters (VVCVCVCVCCV) against automatismes's 12 (VVCVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - automatisme and automatismes
This is the hard kind. automatisme and automatismes are pronounced identically (\ɔ.tɔ.ma.tism\) 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) - “automatisme” sits inside “automatismes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
automatisme is recorded at frequency rank #30,064, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ma.tism\. automatismes is at rank #32,293, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ma.tism\.
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 62357, this pair ranks #87,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of automatisme vs automatismes
Shared letters: aeimostu. Private to "automatisme": -. Private to "automatismes": -.
"automatisme" · 11 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCCV · "automatismes" · 12 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- automatisme ← atuomatisme · auotmatisme · autmoatisme · autoamtisme · automaitsme · automatimse · automatisem · automatismme
- automatismes ← atuomatismes · auotmatismes · autmoatismes · autoamtismes · automaitsmes · automatimses · automatisems · automatismess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "automatisme" and "automatismes" be used interchangeably?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "automatisme" / "automatismes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "automatisme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "automatismes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "automatisme" and "automatismes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "automatisés vs automatismes". 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 #87,565 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.