Which to use
“tempéré” is an adjective and “tempête” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,050
- “tempéré” frequency rank
- #3,968
- “tempête” frequency rank
- 28018
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tempéré | tempête |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui n’est ni trop chaud ni trop froid, ce qui ne présente ni excès de chaleur ni excès de froid. | Tourmente atmosphérique, violente agitation de l’air, souvent accompagnée de pluie, de neige, de grêle, d’éclairs, de tonnerre, etc. |
Where the eye mixes tempéré and tempête
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tempéré and tempête follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tempéré vs tempête
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tempéré is \tɑ̃.pe.ʁe\ while tempête is \tɑ̃.pɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28018, 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\. tempête is at rank #3,968, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃.pɛt\.
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 28018, this pair ranks #325,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tempéré vs tempête
Shared letters: empt. Private to "tempéré": ré. Private to "tempête": ê.
"tempéré" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tempête" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tempéré" and "tempête" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tempéré" or "tempête"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tempéré" and "tempête" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tempéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tempête" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tempéré" and "tempête" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tempéré vs tempes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #325,388 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.