Which to use
“nombre” and “nombres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #282
- “nombre” frequency rank
- #5,789
- “nombres” frequency rank
- 6071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nombre | nombres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Objet de base des mathématiques, que l’on peut rapporter aux notions de pluralité, d’ensemble, de correspondance, mais qui n’est pas susceptible d’être strictement défini. | Pluriel de nombre. |
Same sound, different letters: nombre vs nombres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: nombre vs nombres
This is the hard kind. nombre and nombres are pronounced identically (\nɔ̃bʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “nombre” sits inside “nombres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nombre is recorded at frequency rank #282, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔ̃bʁ\. nombres is at rank #5,789, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔ̃bʁ\.
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 6071, this pair ranks #427,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nombre vs nombres
Shared letters: bemnor. Private to "nombre": -. Private to "nombres": s.
"nombre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "nombres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nombre" for "nombres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "nombre" vs "nombres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"nombre" and "nombres" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "nombre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nombres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nombre" and "nombres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nombre vs nostre". 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 #427,266 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.