Which to use
“dominées” and “dominer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,764
- “dominées” frequency rank
- #11,565
- “dominer” frequency rank
- 49329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominées | dominer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de dominer. | Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue. |
Same sound, different letters: dominées vs dominer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. dominées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against dominer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: dominées vs dominer
This is the hard kind. dominées and dominer are pronounced identically (\dɔ.mi.ne\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominées is recorded at frequency rank #37,764, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.mi.ne\. dominer is at rank #11,565, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.mi.ne\.
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 49329, this pair ranks #171,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dominées vs dominer
Shared letters: deimno. Private to "dominées": sé. Private to "dominer": r.
"dominées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "dominer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dominer ← ddominer · dmoiner · doimner · domienr · dominerr · dominner · dominre · domminer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dominées" for "dominer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dominées" vs "dominer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "dominées" / "dominer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dominer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominées" and "dominer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diminués vs dominées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #171,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.