Which to use
“tempe” and “tempes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,706
- “tempe” frequency rank
- #46,482
- “tempes” frequency rank
- 70188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tempe | tempes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie latérale de la tête entre l’oreille et le front. | Pluriel de tempe. |
Same sound, different letters: tempe vs tempes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tempe runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tempes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tempe vs tempes
This is the hard kind. tempe and tempes are pronounced identically (\tɑ̃p\) 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) - “tempe” sits inside “tempes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tempe is recorded at frequency rank #23,706, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃p\. 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 70188, this pair ranks #52,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tempe vs tempes
Shared letters: empt. Private to "tempe": -. Private to "tempes": s.
"tempe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tempes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tempe" and "tempes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tempe" vs "tempes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "tempe" / "tempes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tempe" 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 #52,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tempe" 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 #52,312 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.