nominésvsnomméesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: nominés is a noun, nommées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nominés” is a noun and “nommées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,884
“nominés” frequency rank
#22,015
“nommées” frequency rank
51899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nominés nommées
Definition Pluriel de nominé. Féminin pluriel de nommé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set nominés and nommées apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
nominés
7 ch
nommées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nominés is \nɔ.mi.ne\ while nommées is \nɔ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nominés is recorded at frequency rank #29,884, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.mi.ne\. nommées is at rank #22,015, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.me\.

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 51899, this pair ranks #151,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nominés vs nommées

Shared letters: mnosé. Private to "nominés": i. Private to "nommées": e.

"nominés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "nommées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

nominés#29,884
nommées#22,015

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nominés" and "nommées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nominés" is a noun and "nommées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "nominés" or "nommées"?
"nommées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,015 in our French list, against #29,884 for "nominés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering nominés vs nommées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “nominés”; for an adjective, it's “nommées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “nominés” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list