Which to use
“tombé” and “tombés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,342
- “tombé” frequency rank
- #8,170
- “tombés” frequency rank
- 10512
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tombé | tombés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déchu, qui n’a plus beaucoup de succès. | Masculin pluriel de tombé. |
Same sound, different letters: tombé vs tombés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tombé runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tombés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tombé vs tombés
This is the hard kind. tombé and tombés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “tombé” sits inside “tombés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10512, 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\. tombés is at rank #8,170, 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 10512, this pair ranks #412,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tombé vs tombés
Shared letters: bmoté. Private to "tombé": -. Private to "tombés": s.
"tombé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tombés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tombé" for "tombés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tombé" or "tombés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tombé" / "tombés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tombé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tombés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tombé" and "tombés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tombés vs tories". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #412,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.