Which to use
“estime” and “estimes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,952
- “estime” frequency rank
- #41,280
- “estimes” frequency rank
- 43232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | estime | estimes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Opinion favorable que l’on a de quelqu’un, fondée sur la connaissance de son mérite, de ses bonnes qualités, de ses vertus. | Pluriel de estime. |
Same sound, different letters: estime vs estimes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. estime runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against estimes's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: estime vs estimes
This is the hard kind. estime and estimes are pronounced identically (\ɛs.tim\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “estime” sits inside “estimes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
estime is recorded at frequency rank #1,952, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.tim\. estimes is at rank #41,280, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.tim\.
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 43232, this pair ranks #219,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of estime vs estimes
Shared letters: eimst. Private to "estime": -. Private to "estimes": -.
"estime" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "estimes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "estime" for "estimes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "estime" vs "estimes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "estime" / "estimes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "estime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "estimes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "estime" and "estimes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estimes vs estimons". 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 #219,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.