Which to use
“dénommée” is an adjective and “dénommés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,846
- “dénommée” frequency rank
- #39,272
- “dénommés” frequency rank
- 63118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dénommée | dénommés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dénommé. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dénommer. |
Same sound, different letters: dénommée vs dénommés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dénommée (CVCVCCVV) and dénommés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - dénommée / dénommés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dénommée and dénommés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “dénommée” becomes s in “dénommés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dénommée is recorded at frequency rank #23,846, classified as anadj, 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 63118, this pair ranks #83,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dénommée vs dénommés
Shared letters: dmnoé. Private to "dénommée": e. Private to "dénommés": s.
"dénommée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "dénommés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"dénommée" and "dénommés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dénommée" 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 #83,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dénommée" and "dénommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégommer vs dénommés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #83,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.