Which to use
“tomate” and “tome” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,421
- “tomate” frequency rank
- #2,801
- “tome” frequency rank
- 13222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tomate | tome |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante herbacée annuelle dicotylédone, de la famille des Solanacées, originaire d’Amérique du Sud, cultivée pour ses fruits. | Division intellectuelle d’un ouvrage, correspondant ou pas avec un volume. |
Where the eye mixes tomate and tome
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tomate runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against tome's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tomate with tome
A purely visual mix-up. tomate (\tɔ.mat\) and tome (\tom\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tomate is recorded at frequency rank #10,421, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.mat\. tome is at rank #2,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tom\.
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 13222, this pair ranks #401,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tomate vs tome
Shared letters: emot. Private to "tomate": a. Private to "tome": -.
"tomate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tomate" and "tome" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tomate" vs "tome" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tomate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tome" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tomate" and "tome" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tomate vs tourte". 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 #401,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.