Which to use
“tombées” is an adjective and “tombons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,345
- “tombées” frequency rank
- #45,920
- “tombons” frequency rank
- 64265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tombées | tombons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tombé. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tomber. |
Where the eye mixes tombées and tombons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tombées vs tombons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tombées is \tɔ̃.be\ while tombons is \tɔ̃.bɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64265, 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\. tombons is at rank #45,920, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɔ̃.bɔ̃\.
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 64265, this pair ranks #77,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tombées vs tombons
Shared letters: bmost. Private to "tombées": eé. Private to "tombons": n.
"tombées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "tombons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tombons ← otmbons · tmobons · tobmons · tombbons · tombnos · tombonns · tombonss · tombosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tombées" and "tombons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tombées" or "tombons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tombées" and "tombons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tombées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tombons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tombées" and "tombons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tombais vs tombons". 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 #77,880 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.