Which to use
“nominé” and “nominés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,305
- “nominé” frequency rank
- #29,884
- “nominés” frequency rank
- 54189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nominé | nominés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Candidat présélectionné pour un concours de cinéma, de télévision, ou par un parti politique. | Pluriel de nominé. |
Same sound, different letters: nominé vs nominés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nominé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against nominés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - nominé and nominés
This is the hard kind. nominé and nominés are pronounced identically (\nɔ.mi.ne\) 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) - “nominé” sits inside “nominés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nominé is recorded at frequency rank #24,305, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.mi.ne\. nominés is at rank #29,884, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.mi.ne\.
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 54189, this pair ranks #135,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nominé vs nominés
Shared letters: imnoé. Private to "nominé": -. Private to "nominés": s.
"nominé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "nominés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nominé" and "nominés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "nominé" or "nominés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "nominé" / "nominés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nominé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nominés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nominé" and "nominés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naines vs nominés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #135,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.