Which to use
“température” and “températures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,059
- “température” frequency rank
- #5,299
- “températures” frequency rank
- 7358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | température | températures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Degré de chaleur ou de froideur d’un corps ou d’un environnement. | Pluriel de température. |
Same sound, different letters: température vs températures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. température runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against températures's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: température vs températures
This is the hard kind. température and températures are pronounced identically (\tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\) 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) - “température” sits inside “températures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
température is recorded at frequency rank #2,059, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\. températures is at rank #5,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\.
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 7358, this pair ranks #423,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of température vs températures
Shared letters: aemprtué. Private to "température": -. Private to "températures": s.
"température" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "températures" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "température" vs "températures" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "température" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "températures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #423,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.