Which to use
“Sommer” is a name and “sommes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,017
- “Sommer” frequency rank
- #405
- “sommes” frequency rank
- 33422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sommer | sommes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Pluriel de somme. |
Letter map: Sommer vs sommes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Sommer and sommes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Sommer and sommes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: Sommer vs sommes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sommer is aname and sommesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “Sommer” becomes s in “sommes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sommer is recorded at frequency rank #33,017, classified as aname. sommes is at rank #405, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔm\.
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 33422, this pair ranks #290,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Sommer vs sommes
Shared letters: emos. Private to "Sommer": r. Private to "sommes": -.
"Sommer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sommes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Sommer" and "sommes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "Sommer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sommes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sommer" and "sommes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soler vs Sommer". 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 #290,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.