Which to use
“tombées” and “tombés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,345
- “tombées” frequency rank
- #8,170
- “tombés” frequency rank
- 26515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tombées | tombés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tombé. | Masculin pluriel de tombé. |
Same sound, different letters: tombées vs tombés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tombées / tombés
This is the hard kind. tombées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26515, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tombées is recorded at frequency rank #18,345, 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 26515, this pair ranks #334,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tombées vs tombés
Shared letters: bmosté. Private to "tombées": e. Private to "tombés": -.
"tombées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "tombés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tombées" and "tombés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tombées" vs "tombés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tombées" / "tombés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tombées" 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 #334,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tombées" and "tombés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tombais vs tombées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #334,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.