Which to use
“temporelles” and “temporels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,999
- “temporelles” frequency rank
- #35,303
- “temporels” frequency rank
- 65302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | temporelles | temporels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de temporel. | Masculin pluriel de temporel. |
Same sound, different letters: temporelles vs temporels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - temporelles and temporels
This is the hard kind. temporelles and temporels 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
temporelles is recorded at frequency rank #29,999, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛl\. temporels is at rank #35,303, 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 65302, this pair ranks #72,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of temporelles vs temporels
Shared letters: elmoprst. Private to "temporelles": -. Private to "temporels": -.
"temporelles" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC · "temporels" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- temporelles ← etmporelles · temmporelles · temoprelles · tempoerlles · temporelels · temporeles · temporelless · temporellse
- temporels ← etmporels · temmporels · temoprels · tempoerls · temporells · temporelss · temporesl · temporles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "temporelles" for "temporels" ever safe?
Frequency check: "temporelles" vs "temporels" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "temporelles" / "temporels". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "temporelles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "temporels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "temporelles" and "temporels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "temporal 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 #72,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.