Which to use
“tome” and “tommy” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,801
- “tome” frequency rank
- #9,246
- “tommy” frequency rank
- 12047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tome | tommy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Division intellectuelle d’un ouvrage, correspondant ou pas avec un volume. | Soldat de l’armée britannique. |
Where the eye mixes tome and tommy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tome runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tommy's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tome with tommy
A purely visual mix-up. tome (\tom\) and tommy (\tɔ.mi\) 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 12047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tome is recorded at frequency rank #2,801, classified as anoun, pronounced \tom\. tommy is at rank #9,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.mi\.
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 12047, this pair ranks #406,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tome vs tommy
Shared letters: mot. Private to "tome": e. Private to "tommy": y.
"tome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tommy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tome" and "tommy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tome" or "tommy" show up more?
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 "tome" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tommy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tome" and "tommy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "token vs tome". 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 #406,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.