Which to use
“organisme” and “organismes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,437
- “organisme” frequency rank
- #3,343
- “organismes” frequency rank
- 5780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organisme | organismes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être vivant individuel, unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire, possédant une organisation interne autonome lui permettant d'accomplir ses fonctions vitales. | Pluriel de organisme. |
Same sound, different letters: organisme vs organismes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. organisme runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCV) against organismes's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - organisme and organismes
This is the hard kind. organisme and organismes are pronounced identically (\ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\) 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) - “organisme” sits inside “organismes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organisme is recorded at frequency rank #2,437, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\. organismes is at rank #3,343, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\.
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 5780, this pair ranks #428,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organisme vs organismes
Shared letters: aegimnors. Private to "organisme": -. Private to "organismes": -.
"organisme" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "organismes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- organisme ← ogranisme · oragnisme · orgainsme · organimse · organisem · organismme · organissme · organnisme
- organismes ← ogranismes · oragnismes · orgainsmes · organimses · organisems · organismess · organismmes · organismse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "organisme" and "organismes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "organisme" vs "organismes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "organisme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organismes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organisme" and "organismes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisez vs organismes". 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 #428,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.