Which to use
“nomade” and “nomades” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,095
- “nomade” frequency rank
- #16,423
- “nomades” frequency rank
- 37518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nomade | nomades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est errant, itinérant ; qui n’a pas d’habitation fixe, surtout en parlant des nations, des tribus, des peuplades. | Pluriel de nomade. |
Same sound, different letters: nomade vs nomades
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nomade runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against nomades's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: nomade vs nomades
This is the hard kind. nomade and nomades are pronounced identically (\nɔ.mad\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “nomade” sits inside “nomades”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nomade is recorded at frequency rank #21,095, classified as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.mad\. nomades is at rank #16,423, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.mad\.
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 37518, this pair ranks #261,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nomade vs nomades
Shared letters: ademno. Private to "nomade": -. Private to "nomades": s.
"nomade" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "nomades" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nomade" for "nomades" ever safe?
Frequency check: "nomade" vs "nomades" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "nomade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nomades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nomade" and "nomades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nomade vs nome". 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 #261,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.