Which to use
“vomi” and “vomis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,386
- “vomi” frequency rank
- #28,404
- “vomis” frequency rank
- 42790
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vomi | vomis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vomissure. | Pluriel de vomi. |
Same sound, different letters: vomi vs vomis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - vomi and vomis
This is the hard kind. vomi and vomis are pronounced identically (\vɔ.mi\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “vomi” sits inside “vomis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vomi is recorded at frequency rank #14,386, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.mi\. vomis is at rank #28,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.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 42790, this pair ranks #222,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vomi vs vomis
Shared letters: imov. Private to "vomi": -. Private to "vomis": s.
"vomi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vomis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vomi" and "vomis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vomi" or "vomis"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vomi" / "vomis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vomi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vomis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vomi" and "vomis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vomis vs Voss". 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 #222,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.