Which to use
“temporel” and “temporelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,267
- “temporel” frequency rank
- #29,999
- “temporelles” frequency rank
- 45266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | temporel | temporelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au temps. | Féminin pluriel de temporel. |
Same sound, different letters: temporel vs temporelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. temporel runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against temporelles's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: temporel vs temporelles
This is the hard kind. temporel and temporelles are pronounced identically (\tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛl\) 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 3 extra letter(s) - “temporel” sits inside “temporelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
temporel is recorded at frequency rank #15,267, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛl\. temporelles is at rank #29,999, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛl\.
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 45266, this pair ranks #204,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of temporel vs temporelles
Shared letters: elmoprt. Private to "temporel": -. Private to "temporelles": s.
"temporel" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "temporelles" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- temporel ← etmporel · temmporel · temoprel · tempoerl · temporell · temporle · temporrel · tempporel
- temporelles ← etmporelles · temmporelles · temoprelles · tempoerlles · temporelels · temporeles · temporelless · temporellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "temporel" and "temporelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "temporel" or "temporelles" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "temporel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "temporelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "temporel" and "temporelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "temporelles vs temporels". 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 #204,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.