Which to use
“dorme” and “dorment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,132
- “dorme” frequency rank
- #12,551
- “dorment” frequency rank
- 42683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorme | dorment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dormir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dormir. |
Same sound, different letters: dorme vs dorment
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. dorme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against dorment's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: dorme vs dorment
This is the hard kind. dorme and dorment are pronounced identically (\dɔʁm\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “dorme” sits inside “dorment”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dorme is recorded at frequency rank #30,132, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔʁm\. dorment is at rank #12,551, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁm\.
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 42683, this pair ranks #223,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dorme vs dorment
Shared letters: demor. Private to "dorme": -. Private to "dorment": nt.
"dorme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dorment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dorme" and "dorment" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dorme" or "dorment" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dorme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dorment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorme" and "dorment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs dorme". 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 #223,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.