nominésvsnoticesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“nominés” and “notices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,884
“nominés” frequency rank
#19,079
“notices” frequency rank
48963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nominés notices
Definition Pluriel de nominé. Pluriel de notice.

Where the eye mixes nominés and notices

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. nominés and notices follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
nominés
7 ch
notices

Look-alike desk: nominés vs notices

A purely visual mix-up. nominés (\nɔ.mi.ne\) and notices (\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 48963, 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\. notices is at rank #19,079, 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 48963, this pair ranks #174,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nominés vs notices

Shared letters: inos. Private to "nominés": mé. Private to "notices": cet.

"nominés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "notices" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • notices ← nnotices · noitces · notcies · noticces · noticess · noticse · notiecs · nottices

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nominés" and "notices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\nɔ.mi.ne\ versus \nɔ.tis\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "nominés" vs "notices" - which ranks higher?
"notices" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,079 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "nominés" and "notices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nominés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nominés" and "notices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naines vs nominés". 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 #174,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list