Which to use
“barème” and “barèmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,572
- “barème” frequency rank
- #44,326
- “barèmes” frequency rank
- 59898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barème | barèmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recueil de comptes déjà faits à l'avance (certains présentés sous la forme de tableaux), facilitant le travail des comptables. | Pluriel de barème. |
Same sound, different letters: barème vs barèmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. barème runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against barèmes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - barème / barèmes
This is the hard kind. barème and barèmes are pronounced identically (\ba.ʁɛm\) 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) - “barème” sits inside “barèmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barème is recorded at frequency rank #15,572, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ʁɛm\. barèmes is at rank #44,326, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.ʁɛm\.
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 59898, this pair ranks #100,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of barème vs barèmes
Shared letters: abemrè. Private to "barème": -. Private to "barèmes": s.
"barème" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "barèmes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "barème" for "barèmes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "barème" or "barèmes"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "barème" / "barèmes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "barème" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barèmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barème" and "barèmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "barèmes vs barges". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #100,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.