Which to use
“ram” and “rams” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,468
- “ram” frequency rank
- #47,550
- “rams” frequency rank
- 59018
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ram | rams |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Navire cuirassé jouant le rôle de bélier. | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à trois, quatre ou cinq joueurs, avec un jeu de trente-deux cartes, et qui consiste à se débarrasser le premier des cinq jetons donnés à chacun au départ en faisant cinq levées. |
Letter map: ram vs rams
Shared letters muted; letters that set ram and rams apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on ram vs rams
ram and rams are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ram” sits inside “rams”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ram is recorded at frequency rank #11,468, classified as anoun. rams is at rank #47,550, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁam\.
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 59018, this pair ranks #105,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ram vs rams
Shared letters: amr. Private to "ram": -. Private to "rams": s.
"ram" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "rams" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rams ← ramms · ramss · rasm · rmas · rrams
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ram" and "rams" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ram" vs "rams" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ram" and "rams".
- Full dictionary entry for "ram" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rams" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ram" and "rams" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rams vs Rhys". 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 #105,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.