Which to use
“pommes” and “pommier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,599
- “pommes” frequency rank
- #29,915
- “pommier” frequency rank
- 34514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pommes | pommier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pomme. | Arbre de la famille des Rosacées, du genre Malus, qui produit les pommes. |
Where the eye mixes pommes and pommier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pommes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against pommier's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pommes and pommier
A purely visual mix-up. pommes (\pɔm\) and pommier (\pɔ.mje\) 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 34514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pommes is recorded at frequency rank #4,599, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔm\. pommier is at rank #29,915, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.mje\.
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 34514, this pair ranks #283,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pommes vs pommier
Shared letters: emop. Private to "pommes": s. Private to "pommier": ir.
"pommes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pommier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pommes" and "pommier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pommes" or "pommier" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pommes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pommier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #283,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pommes" and "pommier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pommier vs postier". 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 #283,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.