Which to use
“tombé” and “tombées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,342
- “tombé” frequency rank
- #18,345
- “tombées” frequency rank
- 20687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tombé | tombées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déchu, qui n’a plus beaucoup de succès. | Féminin pluriel de tombé. |
Same sound, different letters: tombé vs tombées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: tombé vs tombées
This is the hard kind. tombé and tombées are pronounced identically (\tɔ̃.be\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tombé” sits inside “tombées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tombé is recorded at frequency rank #2,342, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔ̃.be\. tombées is at rank #18,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɔ̃.be\.
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 20687, this pair ranks #367,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tombé vs tombées
Shared letters: bmoté. Private to "tombé": -. Private to "tombées": es.
"tombé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tombées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tombé" and "tombées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tombé" or "tombées"?
Useful next steps
"tombé" and "tombées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "tombé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tombées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tombé" and "tombées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tombais vs tombées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #367,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.