Which to use
“nominé” and “notice” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,305
- “nominé” frequency rank
- #6,002
- “notice” frequency rank
- 30307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nominé | notice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Candidat présélectionné pour un concours de cinéma, de télévision, ou par un parti politique. | Exposé sommaire, recueil d’indications, instruction succincte. |
Where the eye mixes nominé and notice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. nominé and notice follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between nominé and notice
A purely visual mix-up. nominé (\nɔ.mi.ne\) and notice (\nɔ.tis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30307, 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\. notice is at rank #6,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.tis\.
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 30307, this pair ranks #311,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nominé vs notice
Shared letters: ino. Private to "nominé": mé. Private to "notice": cet.
"nominé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "notice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- notice ← nnotice · noitce · notcie · noticce · notiec · nottice · ntoice · ontice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nominé" for "notice" ever safe?
Which is more common, "nominé" or "notice"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "nominé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "notice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nominé" and "notice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nome vs nominé". 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 #311,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.