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“bombardement” and “bombardements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,915
- “bombardement” frequency rank
- #11,355
- “bombardements” frequency rank
- 24270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bombardement | bombardements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de bombarder. | Pluriel de bombardement. |
Same sound, different letters: bombardement vs bombardements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. bombardement runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCVCVCC) against bombardements's 13 (CVCCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - bombardement / bombardements
This is the hard kind. bombardement and bombardements are pronounced identically (\bɔ̃.baʁ.də.mɑ̃\) 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) - “bombardement” sits inside “bombardements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bombardement is recorded at frequency rank #12,915, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔ̃.baʁ.də.mɑ̃\. bombardements is at rank #11,355, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔ̃.baʁ.də.mɑ̃\.
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 24270, this pair ranks #347,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bombardement vs bombardements
Shared letters: abdemnort. Private to "bombardement": -. Private to "bombardements": s.
"bombardement" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCC · "bombardements" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bombardement ← bbombardement · bmobardement · bobmardement · bomabrdement · bombadrement · bombarddement · bombardeemnt · bombardemennt
- bombardements ← bbombardements · bmobardements · bobmardements · bomabrdements · bombadrements · bombarddements · bombardeemnts · bombardemennts
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "bombardement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bombardements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bombardement" and "bombardements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bombardement vs bombardent". 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 #347,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.