Which to use
“télés” and “tempes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,420
- “télés” frequency rank
- #46,482
- “tempes” frequency rank
- 70902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | télés | tempes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de télé. | Pluriel de tempe. |
Where the eye mixes télés and tempes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. télés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against tempes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between télés and tempes
A purely visual mix-up. télés (\te.le\) and tempes (\tɑ̃p\) 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 70902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
télés is recorded at frequency rank #24,420, classified as anoun, pronounced \te.le\. tempes is at rank #46,482, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃p\.
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 70902, this pair ranks #49,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of télés vs tempes
Shared letters: st. Private to "télés": lé. Private to "tempes": emp.
"télés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tempes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tempes ← etmpes · temeps · temmpes · tempess · temppes · tempse · tepmes · tmepes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "télés" and "tempes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "télés" vs "tempes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "télés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tempes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "télés" and "tempes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tempes vs trempés". 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 #49,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.