Which to use
“économe” and “économes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,820
- “économe” frequency rank
- #43,223
- “économes” frequency rank
- 68043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | économe | économes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une personne qui évite de dépenser de l’argent inutilement. | Pluriel de l’adjectif économe. |
Same sound, different letters: économe vs économes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. économe runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against économes's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - économe / économes
This is the hard kind. économe and économes are pronounced identically (\e.kɔ.nɔm\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “économe” sits inside “économes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
économe is recorded at frequency rank #24,820, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.kɔ.nɔm\. économes is at rank #43,223, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.kɔ.nɔm\.
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 68043, this pair ranks #60,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of économe vs économes
Shared letters: cemnoé. Private to "économe": -. Private to "économes": s.
"économe" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "économes" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "économe" and "économes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "économe" vs "économes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"économe" and "économes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "économe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "économes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "économe" and "économes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "économes vs economy". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #60,845 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.