Which to use
“tomber” and “tombera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,048
- “tomber” frequency rank
- #19,700
- “tombera” frequency rank
- 20748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tomber | tombera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être entraîné en bas par son poids. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de tomber. |
Where the eye mixes tomber and tombera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tomber with tombera
A purely visual mix-up. tomber (\tɔ̃.be\) and tombera (\tɔ̃.bə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “tomber” sits inside “tombera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tomber is recorded at frequency rank #1,048, classified as averb, pronounced \tɔ̃.be\. tombera is at rank #19,700, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɔ̃.bə.ʁa\.
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 20748, this pair ranks #366,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tomber vs tombera
Shared letters: bemort. Private to "tomber": -. Private to "tombera": a.
"tomber" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tombera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tomber" for "tombera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tomber" or "tombera"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tomber" and "tombera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tomber" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tombera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tomber" and "tombera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tombera vs tombeur". 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 #366,698 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.