Which to use
“dénommé” and “dénommés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,116
- “dénommé” frequency rank
- #39,272
- “dénommés” frequency rank
- 55388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dénommé | dénommés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe dénommer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dénommer. |
Same sound, different letters: dénommé vs dénommés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dénommé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against dénommés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - dénommé / dénommés
This is the hard kind. dénommé and dénommés are pronounced identically (\de.nɔ.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 extra letter(s) - “dénommé” sits inside “dénommés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55388, 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\. 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 55388, this pair ranks #127,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dénommé vs dénommés
Shared letters: dmnoé. Private to "dénommé": -. Private to "dénommés": s.
"dénommé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "dénommés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dénommé" for "dénommés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dénommé" or "dénommés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "dénommé" / "dénommés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "dénommé" 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 #127,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dénommé" and "dénommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégommer vs dénommés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #127,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.