Which to use
“nommée” is a noun and “nommées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,220
- “nommée” frequency rank
- #22,015
- “nommées” frequency rank
- 28235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nommée | nommées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne en tant que porteuse d’un nom. Cette manière de parler implique l’idée que celui qu’on désigne ainsi est un individu sans notoriété, dont on ne connaît que le nom. | Féminin pluriel de nommé. |
Same sound, different letters: nommée vs nommées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nommée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against nommées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - nommée and nommées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: nommée and nommées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “nommée” sits inside “nommées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nommée is recorded at frequency rank #6,220, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.me\. 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 28235, this pair ranks #324,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nommée vs nommées
Shared letters: emnoé. Private to "nommée": -. Private to "nommées": s.
"nommée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "nommées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "nommée" and "nommées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "nommée" or "nommées" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "nommée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nommées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nommée" and "nommées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nommées vs nommez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #324,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.