Which to use
“harmonie” and “harmonies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,199
- “harmonie” frequency rank
- #28,587
- “harmonies” frequency rank
- 34786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | harmonie | harmonies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Concours et accord de divers sons. | Pluriel de harmonie. |
Where the eye mixes harmonie and harmonies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. harmonie runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against harmonies's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between harmonie and harmonies
A purely visual mix-up. harmonie (^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\) and harmonies (\aʁ.mɔ.ni\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “harmonie” sits inside “harmonies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
harmonie is recorded at frequency rank #6,199, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\. harmonies is at rank #28,587, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.mɔ.ni\.
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 34786, this pair ranks #281,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of harmonie vs harmonies
Shared letters: aehimnor. Private to "harmonie": -. Private to "harmonies": s.
"harmonie" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "harmonies" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "harmonie" and "harmonies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "harmonie" or "harmonies" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "harmonie" and "harmonies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "harmonie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "harmonies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "harmonie" and "harmonies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harmonica vs harmonies". 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 #281,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.