Which to use
“dîmes” and “dômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,760
- “dîmes” frequency rank
- #39,774
- “dômes” frequency rank
- 81534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dîmes | dômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dîme. | Pluriel de dôme. |
Where the eye mixes dîmes and dômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dîmes and dômes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dîmes and dômes
A purely visual mix-up. dîmes (\dim\) and dômes (\dɔm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - î in “dîmes” becomes ô in “dômes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dîmes is recorded at frequency rank #41,760, classified as anoun, pronounced \dim\. dômes is at rank #39,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔm\.
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 81534, this pair ranks #18,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dîmes vs dômes
Shared letters: dems. Private to "dîmes": î. Private to "dômes": ô.
"dîmes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dîmes" for "dômes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dîmes" or "dômes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dîmes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dîmes" and "dômes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diez vs dîmes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #18,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.