nommentvsnommerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#19,077
“nomment” frequency rank
#5,898
“nommer” frequency rank
24975
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nomment nommer
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de nommer. Attribuer, imposer un nom à une personne, une chose ou une collectivité.

Where the eye mixes nomment and nommer

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

7 ch
nomment
6 ch
nommer

Why the eye confuses nomment with nommer

A purely visual mix-up. nomment (\nɔm\) and nommer (\nɔ.me\) 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 24975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nomment is recorded at frequency rank #19,077, classified as averb, pronounced \nɔm\. nommer is at rank #5,898, 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 24975, this pair ranks #343,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nomment vs nommer

Shared letters: emno. Private to "nomment": t. Private to "nommer": r.

"nomment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "nommer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nomment ← nmoment · nnomment · nomemnt · noment · nommennt · nommentt · nommetn · nommnet
  • nommer ← nmomer · nnommer · nomemr · nomer · nommerr · nommre · onmmer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nomment" and "nommer" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\nɔm\ versus \nɔ.me\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "nomment" or "nommer"?
"nommer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,898 in our French list, against #19,077 for "nomment". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "nomment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nommer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #343,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nomment" and "nommer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nome vs nomment". 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 #343,499 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