Which to use
“tempérée” and “tempérées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,614
- “tempérée” frequency rank
- #42,079
- “tempérées” frequency rank
- 78693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tempérée | tempérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de tempéré. | Féminin pluriel de tempéré. |
Same sound, different letters: tempérée vs tempérées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. tempérée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against tempérées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tempérée / tempérées
This is the hard kind. tempérée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “tempérée” sits inside “tempérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tempérée is recorded at frequency rank #36,614, 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 78693, this pair ranks #25,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tempérée vs tempérées
Shared letters: emprté. Private to "tempérée": -. Private to "tempérées": s.
"tempérée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "tempérées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tempérée" and "tempérées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tempérée" or "tempérées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tempérée" / "tempérées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tempérée" 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 #25,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tempérée" and "tempérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tempérées vs tempérer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,126 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.