Which to use
“tombée” and “tomes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,292
- “tombée” frequency rank
- #11,493
- “tomes” frequency rank
- 15785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tombée | tomes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chute, mouvement de ce qui tombe, au propre ou au figuré, ou survenue d'un évènement. | Pluriel de tome. |
Where the eye mixes tombée and tomes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tombée vs tomes
A purely visual mix-up. tombée (\tɔ̃.be\) and tomes (\tɔm\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tombée is recorded at frequency rank #4,292, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ̃.be\. tomes is at rank #11,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔm\.
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 15785, this pair ranks #390,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tombée vs tomes
Shared letters: emot. Private to "tombée": bé. Private to "tomes": s.
"tombée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tomes ← otmes · tmoes · toems · tomess · tommes · tomse · ttomes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tombée" and "tomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tombée" or "tomes"?
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 "tombée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tomes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tombée" and "tomes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tomes vs trônes". 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 #390,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.