Which to use
“comblée” is an adjective and “combles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,105
- “comblée” frequency rank
- #25,936
- “combles” frequency rank
- 54041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comblée | combles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de comblé. | Logements situés immédiatement sous le toit d’un édifice. |
Where the eye mixes comblée and combles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comblée vs combles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comblée is \kɔ̃.ble\ while combles is \kɔ̃bl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comblée is recorded at frequency rank #28,105, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ble\. combles is at rank #25,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃bl\.
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 54041, this pair ranks #136,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comblée vs combles
Shared letters: bcelmo. Private to "comblée": é. Private to "combles": s.
"comblée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "combles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- combles ← ccombles · cmobles · cobmles · combbles · combels · combless · comblles · comblse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comblée" for "combles" ever safe?
Which is more common, "comblée" or "combles"?
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 "comblée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "combles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comblée" and "combles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comblée vs complex". 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 #136,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.