Which to use
“consommées” and “consommer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,708
- “consommées” frequency rank
- #6,800
- “consommer” frequency rank
- 36508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consommées | consommer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de consommer. | Faire usage de quelque chose, utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: consommées vs consommer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. consommées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against consommer's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: consommées vs consommer
This is the hard kind. consommées and consommer are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɔ.me\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36508, 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\. 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 36508, this pair ranks #269,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consommées vs consommer
Shared letters: cemnos. Private to "consommées": é. Private to "consommer": r.
"consommées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "consommer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consommer ← cconsommer · cnosommer · connsommer · conosmmer · consmomer · consomemr · consomer · consommerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "consommées" and "consommer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "consommées" or "consommer"?
Useful next steps
"consommées" and "consommer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "consommées" 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 #269,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consommées" and "consommer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consommées vs consommés". 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 #269,099 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.