GomesvsgommesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#31,050
“Gomes” frequency rank
#39,322
“gommes” frequency rank
70372
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gomes gommes
Definition Nom de famille. Pluriel de gomme.

Letter map: Gomes vs gommes

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

5 ch
Gomes
6 ch
gommes

Grammar separator: Gomes vs gommes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gomes is aname and gommesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gomes is recorded at frequency rank #31,050, classified as aname. 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 70372, this pair ranks #51,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Gomes vs gommes

Shared letters: egmos. Private to "Gomes": -. Private to "gommes": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gomes ← ggomes · gmoes · goems · gomess · gomse · ogmes
  • gommes ← ggommes · gmomes · gomems · gommess · gommse · ogmmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Gomes" for "gommes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gomes" is a name and "gommes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Gomes" or "gommes"?
"Gomes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,050 in our French list, against #39,322 for "gommes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Gomes" vs "gommes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gomes" 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 #51,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gomes" and "gommes" 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 #51,556 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