Which to use
“plombé” is an adjective and “plomber” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,644
- “plombé” frequency rank
- #36,103
- “plomber” frequency rank
- 71747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plombé | plomber |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est couvert de plomb, qui contient du plomb ou qui est composé de plomb. | Mettre, attacher, appliquer du plomb à quelque chose, en quelque lieu. |
Same sound, different letters: plombé vs plomber
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - plombé and plomber
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: plombé and plomber carry the same recorded pronunciation, \plɔ̃.be\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plombé is recorded at frequency rank #35,644, classified as anadj, pronounced \plɔ̃.be\. plomber is at rank #36,103, tagged as averb, pronounced \plɔ̃.be\.
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 71747, this pair ranks #46,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plombé vs plomber
Shared letters: blmop. Private to "plombé": é. Private to "plomber": er.
"plombé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "plomber" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plomber ← lpomber · pllomber · plmober · plobmer · plombber · plomberr · plombre · plomebr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plombé" for "plomber" ever safe?
Frequency check: "plombé" vs "plomber" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "plombé" / "plomber". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "plombé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plomber" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plombé" and "plomber" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plomber vs plombiers". 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 #46,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.