Which to use
“Mmes” and “MMS” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,466
- “Mmes” frequency rank
- #37,927
- “MMS” frequency rank
- 80393
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mmes | MMS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de Mᵐᵉ. | Message multimédia (texte, images, sons, vidéos…) qu’on peut envoyer de téléphone mobile à téléphone mobile. |
Where the eye mixes Mmes and MMS
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Mmes and MMS
A purely visual mix-up. Mmes (\me.dam\) and MMS (\ɛm.ɛm.ɛs\) 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 80393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mmes is recorded at frequency rank #42,466, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.dam\. MMS is at rank #37,927, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛm.ɛm.ɛs\.
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 80393, this pair ranks #21,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Mmes vs MMS
Shared letters: ms. Private to "Mmes": e. Private to "MMS": -.
"Mmes" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "MMS" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mmes ← mems · mmse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Mmes" and "MMS" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Mmes" or "MMS"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Mmes" and "MMS" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mmes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "MMS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mmes" and "MMS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mmes vs muer". 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 #21,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.