Which to use
“gammes” and “gemme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,841
- “gammes” frequency rank
- #35,963
- “gemme” frequency rank
- 55804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gammes | gemme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de gamme (sens courants). | Pierre fine, pierre précieuse, pierre ornementale ou synthétique répondant à des critères de dureté, d’éclat, de couleur et de transparence. |
Where the eye mixes gammes and gemme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gammes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against gemme's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gammes vs gemme
A purely visual mix-up. gammes (\ɡam\) and gemme (\ʒɛm\) 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 55804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gammes is recorded at frequency rank #19,841, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡam\. gemme is at rank #35,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒɛm\.
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 55804, this pair ranks #125,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gammes vs gemme
Shared letters: egm. Private to "gammes": as. Private to "gemme": -.
"gammes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "gemme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gammes" and "gemme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gammes" or "gemme" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gammes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gemme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gammes" and "gemme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gégé vs gemme". 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 #125,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.