Which to use
“nommée” is a noun and “nommés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,220
- “nommée” frequency rank
- #7,467
- “nommés” frequency rank
- 13687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nommée | nommés |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de nommé. |
Same sound, different letters: nommée vs nommés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. nommée (CVCCVV) and nommés (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - nommée and nommés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: nommée and nommés 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 a single letter - e in “nommée” becomes s in “nommés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13687, 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\. nommés is at rank #7,467, 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 13687, this pair ranks #399,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nommée vs nommés
Shared letters: mnoé. Private to "nommée": e. Private to "nommés": s.
"nommée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "nommés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "nommée" / "nommés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nommée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nommés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nommée" and "nommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nommés vs noués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #399,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.