Which to use
“homes” and “hommes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,429
- “homes” frequency rank
- #289
- “hommes” frequency rank
- 36718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homes | hommes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de home. | Pluriel de homme. |
Where the eye mixes homes and hommes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. homes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hommes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: homes vs hommes
A purely visual mix-up. homes (^((h aspiré))\ɔm\) and hommes (\ɔm\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homes is recorded at frequency rank #36,429, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔm\. hommes is at rank #289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔm\.
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 36718, this pair ranks #267,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of homes vs hommes
Shared letters: ehmos. Private to "homes": -. Private to "hommes": -.
"homes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hommes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "homes" and "hommes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "homes" or "hommes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "homes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hommes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "homes" and "hommes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homes vs huées". 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 #267,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.