Edmond vs Edmund, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Edmond” and “Edmund” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,775
“Edmond” frequency rank: #31,945
“Edmund” frequency rank: 44720
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Edmond	Edmund
Definition	Nom de famille.	Edmond.

Letter map: Edmond vs Edmund

Shared letters muted; letters that set Edmond and Edmund apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Edmond and Edmund follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch

Edmond

6 ch

Edmund

Spelling & dictionary notes on Edmond vs Edmund

Edmond and Edmund are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - o in “Edmond” becomes u in “Edmund”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Edmond is recorded at frequency rank #12,775, classified as aname. Edmund is at rank #31,945, tagged as aname.

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 44720, this pair ranks #208,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Edmond vs Edmund

Shared letters: demn. Private to "Edmond": o. Private to "Edmund": u.

"Edmond" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "Edmund" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

Edmond ← demond · eddmond · edmmond · edmnod · edmodn · edmondd · edmonnd · edomnd
Edmund ← demund · eddmund · edmmund · edmnud · edmudn · edmundd · edmunnd · edumnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Edmond" for "Edmund" ever safe?

No. They differ by a single letter - o in “Edmond” becomes u in “Edmund”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "Edmond" vs "Edmund" - which ranks higher?

"Edmond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,775 in our French list, against #31,945 for "Edmund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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Full dictionary entry for "Edmond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Edmund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #208,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
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 #208,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.