Which to use
“Mmes” and “mômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,466
- “Mmes” frequency rank
- #22,344
- “mômes” frequency rank
- 64810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mmes | mômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de Mᵐᵉ. | Pluriel de môme. |
Where the eye mixes Mmes and mômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Mmes runs 4 letters (CCVC) against mômes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Mmes with mômes
A purely visual mix-up. Mmes (\me.dam\) and mômes (\mom\) 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 64810, 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\. mômes is at rank #22,344, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mom\.
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 64810, this pair ranks #75,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Mmes vs mômes
Shared letters: ems. Private to "Mmes": -. Private to "mômes": ô.
"Mmes" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "mômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mmes ← mems · mmse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mmes" for "mômes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Mmes" vs "mômes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mmes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mmes" and "mômes" 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 #75,214 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.