Which to use
“tempéré” and “tempérées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,050
- “tempéré” frequency rank
- #42,079
- “tempérées” frequency rank
- 66129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tempéré | tempérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui n’est ni trop chaud ni trop froid, ce qui ne présente ni excès de chaleur ni excès de froid. | Féminin pluriel de tempéré. |
Same sound, different letters: tempéré vs tempérées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tempéré / tempérées
This is the hard kind. tempéré and tempérées are pronounced identically (\tɑ̃.pe.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tempéré” sits inside “tempérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tempéré is recorded at frequency rank #24,050, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.pe.ʁe\. tempérées is at rank #42,079, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.pe.ʁe\.
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 66129, this pair ranks #69,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tempéré vs tempérées
Shared letters: emprté. Private to "tempéré": -. Private to "tempérées": s.
"tempéré" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tempérées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tempéré" and "tempérées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tempéré" or "tempérées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tempéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tempérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tempéré" and "tempérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tempérées vs tempérer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #69,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.