Which to use
“dégommer” and “dénommés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,569
- “dégommer” frequency rank
- #39,272
- “dénommés” frequency rank
- 84841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégommer | dénommés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Débarrasser une chose de la gomme dont elle est enduite. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dénommer. |
Where the eye mixes dégommer and dénommés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dégommer and dénommés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses dégommer with dénommés
A purely visual mix-up. dégommer (\de.ɡɔ.me\) and dénommés (\de.nɔ.me\) 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 84841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégommer is recorded at frequency rank #45,569, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ɡɔ.me\. dénommés is at rank #39,272, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.nɔ.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 84841, this pair ranks #12,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dégommer vs dénommés
Shared letters: dmoé. Private to "dégommer": egr. Private to "dénommés": ns.
"dégommer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "dénommés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégommer" for "dénommés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dégommer" or "dénommés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dégommer" and "dénommés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégommer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dénommés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégommer" and "dénommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déformer vs dégommer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #12,296 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.