Which to use
“sommet” and “sommets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,890
- “sommet” frequency rank
- #8,461
- “sommets” frequency rank
- 10351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sommet | sommets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie la plus élevée de quelque chose. | Pluriel de sommet. |
Same sound, different letters: sommet vs sommets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - sommet / sommets
This is the hard kind. sommet and sommets are pronounced identically (\sɔ.mɛ\) 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) - “sommet” sits inside “sommets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sommet is recorded at frequency rank #1,890, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.mɛ\. sommets is at rank #8,461, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.mɛ\.
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 10351, this pair ranks #413,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sommet vs sommets
Shared letters: emost. Private to "sommet": -. Private to "sommets": -.
"sommet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sommets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sommet" and "sommets" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sommet" vs "sommets" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "sommet" / "sommets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sommet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sommets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sommet" and "sommets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sommets vs sonnets". 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 #413,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.