Which to use
“dénommé” is a verb and “dénommée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,116
- “dénommé” frequency rank
- #23,846
- “dénommée” frequency rank
- 39962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dénommé | dénommée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe dénommer. | Féminin singulier de dénommé. |
Same sound, different letters: dénommé vs dénommée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dénommé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against dénommée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: dénommé vs dénommée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dénommé and dénommée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dénommé” sits inside “dénommée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dénommé is recorded at frequency rank #16,116, classified as averb, pronounced \de.nɔ.me\. dénommée is at rank #23,846, tagged as anadj, 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 39962, this pair ranks #244,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dénommé vs dénommée
Shared letters: dmnoé. Private to "dénommé": -. Private to "dénommée": e.
"dénommé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "dénommée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dénommé" and "dénommée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dénommé" or "dénommée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dénommé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dénommée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dénommé" and "dénommée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégommer vs dénommée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #244,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.