GomesvsgommerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Gomes is a name, gommer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Gomes” is a name and “gommer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,050
“Gomes” frequency rank
#34,550
“gommer” frequency rank
65600
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gomes gommer
Definition Nom de famille. Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme

Letter map: Gomes vs gommer

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gomes and gommer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Gomes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against gommer's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Gomes
6 ch
gommer

Role in the sentence - Gomes and gommer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gomes is aname and gommeraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gomes is recorded at frequency rank #31,050, classified as aname. gommer is at rank #34,550, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡɔ.me\.

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 65600, this pair ranks #71,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Gomes vs gommer

Shared letters: egmo. Private to "Gomes": s. Private to "gommer": r.

"Gomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "gommer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gomes ← ggomes · gmoes · goems · gomess · gomse · ogmes
  • gommer ← ggommer · gmomer · gomemr · gomer · gommerr · gommre · ogmmer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Gomes" and "gommer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gomes" is a name and "gommer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Gomes" or "gommer" show up more?
"Gomes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,050 in our French list, against #34,550 for "gommer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Gomes" and "gommer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gomes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gommer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gomes" and "gommer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gods vs Gomes". 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 #71,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list