Which to use
“gemme” and “gemmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,963
- “gemme” frequency rank
- #31,517
- “gemmes” frequency rank
- 67480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gemme | gemmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pierre fine, pierre précieuse, pierre ornementale ou synthétique répondant à des critères de dureté, d’éclat, de couleur et de transparence. | Pluriel de gemme. |
Same sound, different letters: gemme vs gemmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: gemme vs gemmes
This is the hard kind. gemme and gemmes are pronounced identically (\ʒɛm\) 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) - “gemme” sits inside “gemmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gemme is recorded at frequency rank #35,963, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒɛm\. gemmes is at rank #31,517, 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 67480, this pair ranks #63,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gemme vs gemmes
Shared letters: egm. Private to "gemme": -. Private to "gemmes": s.
"gemme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "gemmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gemme" and "gemmes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gemme" vs "gemmes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"gemme" and "gemmes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gemme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gemmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gemme" and "gemmes" 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 #63,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.