Which to use
“gomme” and “gommes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,802
- “gomme” frequency rank
- #39,322
- “gommes” frequency rank
- 53124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gomme | gommes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exsudat végétal riche en polysaccharides, sécrété naturellement ou à la suite d’une blessure par certains arbres, notamment des légumineuses, et utilisé comme épaississant, émulsifiant ou liant dans des préparations alimentaires, pharmaceutiques ou industrielles. | Pluriel de gomme. |
Same sound, different letters: gomme vs gommes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. gomme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against gommes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gomme / gommes
This is the hard kind. gomme and gommes are pronounced identically (\ɡɔm\) 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) - “gomme” sits inside “gommes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gomme is recorded at frequency rank #13,802, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔm\. 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 53124, this pair ranks #142,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gomme vs gommes
Shared letters: egmo. Private to "gomme": -. Private to "gommes": s.
"gomme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "gommes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gomme" for "gommes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gomme" vs "gommes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gomme" 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 #142,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gomme" 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 #142,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.