Which to use
“gammes” and “gommes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,841
- “gammes” frequency rank
- #39,322
- “gommes” frequency rank
- 59163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gammes | gommes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de gamme (sens courants). | Pluriel de gomme. |
Where the eye mixes gammes and gommes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gammes and gommes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses gammes with gommes
A purely visual mix-up. gammes (\ɡam\) and gommes (\ɡɔm\) 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 a single letter - a in “gammes” becomes o in “gommes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59163, 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\. gommes is at rank #39,322, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔm\.
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 59163, this pair ranks #104,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gammes vs gommes
Shared letters: egms. Private to "gammes": a. Private to "gommes": o.
"gammes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "gommes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gammes" and "gommes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gammes" vs "gommes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "gommes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gammes" and "gommes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gomis vs gommes". 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 #104,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.