Which to use
“retranché” and “retranchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,367
- “retranché” frequency rank
- #34,725
- “retranchés” frequency rank
- 59092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retranché | retranchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de retrancher. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de retrancher. |
Same sound, different letters: retranché vs retranchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. retranché runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against retranchés's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - retranché and retranchés
This is the hard kind. retranché and retranchés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\) and both work as averb. 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) - “retranché” sits inside “retranchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retranché is recorded at frequency rank #24,367, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. retranchés is at rank #34,725, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
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 59092, this pair ranks #105,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of retranché vs retranchés
Shared letters: acehnrté. Private to "retranché": -. Private to "retranchés": s.
"retranché" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "retranchés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retranché" and "retranchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "retranché" or "retranchés" show up more?
What to do next
"retranché" and "retranchés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "retranché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retranchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retranché" and "retranchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retrancher vs retranchés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #105,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.