Which to use
“nommée” is a noun and “nommez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,220
- “nommée” frequency rank
- #44,067
- “nommez” frequency rank
- 50287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nommée | nommez |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de nommer. |
Same sound, different letters: nommée vs nommez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. nommée (CVCCVV) and nommez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - nommée / nommez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: nommée and nommez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50287, 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\. nommez is at rank #44,067, tagged as averb, 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 50287, this pair ranks #163,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nommée vs nommez
Shared letters: emno. Private to "nommée": é. Private to "nommez": z.
"nommée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "nommez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nommez ← nmomez · nnommez · nomemz · nomez · nommezz · nommze · onmmez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"nommée" and "nommez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "nommée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nommez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nommée" and "nommez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nome vs nommez". 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 #163,856 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.