Which to use
“consommées” and “consomment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,708
- “consommées” frequency rank
- #14,644
- “consomment” frequency rank
- 44352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consommées | consomment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de consommer. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de consommer. |
Where the eye mixes consommées and consomment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. consommées (CVCCVCCVVC) and consomment (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: consommées vs consomment
A purely visual mix-up. consommées (\kɔ̃.sɔ.me\) and consomment (\kɔ̃.sɔm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consommées is recorded at frequency rank #29,708, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɔ.me\. consomment is at rank #14,644, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɔm\.
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 44352, this pair ranks #211,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consommées vs consomment
Shared letters: cemnos. Private to "consommées": é. Private to "consomment": t.
"consommées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "consomment" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consomment ← cconsomment · cnosomment · connsomment · conosmment · consmoment · consomemnt · consoment · consommennt
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "consommées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consomment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consommées" and "consomment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consommait vs consomment". 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 #211,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.