Which to use
“consommée” is an adjective and “consommer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,663
- “consommée” frequency rank
- #6,800
- “consommer” frequency rank
- 24463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consommée | consommer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de consommé. | Faire usage de quelque chose, utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: consommée vs consommer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. consommée (CVCCVCCVV) and consommer (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - consommée / consommer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: consommée and consommer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.sɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consommée is recorded at frequency rank #17,663, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɔ.me\. consommer is at rank #6,800, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɔ.me\.
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 24463, this pair ranks #346,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of consommée vs consommer
Shared letters: cemnos. Private to "consommée": é. Private to "consommer": r.
"consommée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "consommer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consommer ← cconsommer · cnosommer · connsommer · conosmmer · consmomer · consomemr · consomer · consommerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "consommée" and "consommer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "consommée" vs "consommer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "consommée" / "consommer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "consommée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consommer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consommée" and "consommer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consommée vs consommées". 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 #346,493 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.