Français homophones

tirer/tirez/tiré/tirée/tirées/tirés

"tirer" (#1,460 written frequency) beats "tirez" (#20,867) in this 6-word /\ti.ʁe\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\ti.ʁe\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "tirer" leads at #1,460, with "tirez" trailing at #20,867.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "tirer" keeps r, "tirez" writes z at letter 5.
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirer" (5 letters) vs "tiré" (4).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirer" (5 letters) vs "tirée" (5).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirer" (5 letters) vs "tirées" (6).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirer" (5 letters) vs "tirés" (5).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirez" (5 letters) vs "tiré" (4).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirez" (5 letters) vs "tirée" (5).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirez" (5 letters) vs "tirées" (6).
Shared stem "tir" then splits - "tirez" (5 letters) vs "tirés" (5).
Shared stem "tiré" then splits - "tiré" (4 letters) vs "tirée" (5).
Shared stem "tiré" then splits - "tiré" (4 letters) vs "tirées" (6).
Shared stem "tiré" then splits - "tiré" (4 letters) vs "tirés" (5).
Shared stem "tirée" then splits - "tirée" (5 letters) vs "tirées" (6).
Single-letter fork: "tirée" keeps e, "tirés" writes s at letter 5.
Shared stem "tiré" then splits - "tirées" (6 letters) vs "tirés" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across tirer, tirez, tiré, tirée, tirées, tirés: irt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

tirer
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory eirt · private e
tirez
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory eirtz · private ez
tiré
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory irté · private é
tirée
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory eirté · private eé
tirées
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory eirsté · private esé
tirés
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory irsté · private sé

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "tirer" when you mean: Mouvoir vers soi, amener vers soi ou après soi.
Write "tirez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tirer.
Write "tiré" when you mean: Abattu, amaigri, qui témoigne d’usure, de fatigue (en parlant du visage, des traits).
Write "tirée" when you mean: Action de tirer.
Write "tirées" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de tiré.
Write "tirés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de tiré.