Which to use
“fantasme” and “fantasmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,323
- “fantasme” frequency rank
- #11,581
- “fantasmes” frequency rank
- 21904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fantasme | fantasmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vision illusoire, produite par une lésion du sens optique ou par un trouble des facultés mentales. | Pluriel de fantasme. |
Same sound, different letters: fantasme vs fantasmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. fantasme runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against fantasmes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fantasme and fantasmes
This is the hard kind. fantasme and fantasmes are pronounced identically (\fɑ̃.tasm\) 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) - “fantasme” sits inside “fantasmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fantasme is recorded at frequency rank #10,323, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɑ̃.tasm\. fantasmes is at rank #11,581, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɑ̃.tasm\.
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 21904, this pair ranks #360,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fantasme vs fantasmes
Shared letters: aefmnst. Private to "fantasme": -. Private to "fantasmes": -.
"fantasme" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "fantasmes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fantasme" and "fantasmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fantasme" or "fantasmes" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fantasme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fantasmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fantasme" and "fantasmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fantasia vs fantasme". 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 #360,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.