Which to use
“enorme” and “énormes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,006
- “enorme” frequency rank
- #5,309
- “énormes” frequency rank
- 24315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enorme | énormes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de enorm. | Pluriel de énorme. |
Where the eye mixes enorme and énormes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enorme runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against énormes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enorme vs énormes
A purely visual mix-up. enorme (\eˈnɔʁmə\) and énormes (\e.nɔʁm\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enorme is recorded at frequency rank #19,006, classified as anadj, pronounced \eˈnɔʁmə\. énormes is at rank #5,309, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.nɔʁm\.
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 24315, this pair ranks #347,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enorme vs énormes
Shared letters: emnor. Private to "enorme": -. Private to "énormes": sé.
"enorme" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "énormes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enorme ← ennorme · enomre · enorem · enormme · enorrme · enrome · eonrme · neorme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enorme" and "énormes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enorme" vs "énormes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enorme" and "énormes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enorme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "énormes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enorme" and "énormes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Enora vs enorme". 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 #347,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.