Which to use
“flammes” and “flemme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,868
- “flammes” frequency rank
- #10,327
- “flemme” frequency rank
- 16195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flammes | flemme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de flamme. | Envie de ne rien faire. |
Where the eye mixes flammes and flemme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. flammes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against flemme's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between flammes and flemme
A purely visual mix-up. flammes (\flam\) and flemme (\flɛm\) 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 16195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flammes is recorded at frequency rank #5,868, classified as anoun, pronounced \flam\. flemme is at rank #10,327, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flɛm\.
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 16195, this pair ranks #388,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of flammes vs flemme
Shared letters: eflm. Private to "flammes": as. Private to "flemme": -.
"flammes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "flemme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flammes" and "flemme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "flammes" or "flemme"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flammes" and "flemme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flammes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flemme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flammes" and "flemme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flame vs flemme". 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 #388,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.