Which to use
“nonne” and “nonnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,628
- “nonne” frequency rank
- #39,420
- “nonnes” frequency rank
- 71048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nonne | nonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Religieuse. | Pluriel de nonne. |
Same sound, different letters: nonne vs nonnes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - nonne / nonnes
This is the hard kind. nonne and nonnes are pronounced identically (\nɔn\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “nonne” sits inside “nonnes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nonne is recorded at frequency rank #31,628, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔn\. nonnes is at rank #39,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔn\.
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 71048, this pair ranks #49,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nonne vs nonnes
Shared letters: eno. Private to "nonne": -. Private to "nonnes": s.
"nonne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "nonnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "nonne" and "nonnes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "nonne" vs "nonnes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"nonne" and "nonnes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "nonne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nonnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nonne" and "nonnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nonnes vs noués". 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 #49,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.