Which to use
“tempes” and “trempée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,482
- “tempes” frequency rank
- #29,177
- “trempée” frequency rank
- 75659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tempes | trempée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de tempe. | Tradition de mariage consistant à réveiller les mariés au lendemain de la nuit de noces en leur apportant une mixture et en organisant un charivari. |
Where the eye mixes tempes and trempée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tempes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against trempée's 7 (CCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tempes vs trempée
A purely visual mix-up. tempes (\tɑ̃p\) and trempée (\tʁɑ̃.pe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tempes is recorded at frequency rank #46,482, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃p\. trempée is at rank #29,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.pe\.
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 75659, this pair ranks #33,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tempes vs trempée
Shared letters: empt. Private to "tempes": s. Private to "trempée": ré.
"tempes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "trempée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tempes ← etmpes · temeps · temmpes · tempess · temppes · tempse · tepmes · tmepes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tempes" for "trempée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tempes" or "trempée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tempes" and "trempée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tempes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trempée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tempes" and "trempée" 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 #33,394 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.