Which to use
“fragment” and “froment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,384
- “fragment” frequency rank
- #31,969
- “froment” frequency rank
- 47353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fragment | froment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau de quelque chose qui a été cassé, brisé, séparé de son tout. | Blé tendre. |
Where the eye mixes fragment and froment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fragment runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCC) against froment's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fragment vs froment
A purely visual mix-up. fragment (\fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\) and froment (\fʁɔ.mɑ̃\) 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 47353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fragment is recorded at frequency rank #15,384, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\. froment is at rank #31,969, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɔ.mɑ̃\.
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 47353, this pair ranks #187,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fragment vs froment
Shared letters: efmnrt. Private to "fragment": ag. Private to "froment": o.
"fragment" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "froment" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fragment" and "froment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fragment" or "froment" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fragment" and "froment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fragment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "froment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fragment" and "froment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "froment vs frozen". 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 #187,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.