nomméesvsnotéesWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#22,015
“nommées” frequency rank
#30,719
“notées” frequency rank
52734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nommées notées
Definition Féminin pluriel de nommé. Féminin pluriel de noté.

Where the eye mixes nommées and notées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. nommées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against notées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
nommées
6 ch
notées

Visual trap between nommées and notées

A purely visual mix-up. nommées (\nɔ.me\) and notées (\nɔ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nommées is recorded at frequency rank #22,015, classified as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.me\. notées is at rank #30,719, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.te\.

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 52734, this pair ranks #145,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nommées vs notées

Shared letters: enosé. Private to "nommées": m. Private to "notées": t.

"nommées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "notées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nommées" for "notées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\nɔ.me\ versus \nɔ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "nommées" vs "notées" - which ranks higher?
"nommées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,015 in our French list, against #30,719 for "notées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nommées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nommées" and "notées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "notées vs noués". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #145,661 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