Which to use
“temps” and “trips” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #89
- “temps” frequency rank
- #49,411
- “trips” frequency rank
- 49500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | temps | trips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Durée des choses, marquée par certaines périodes, et principalement par la révolution apparente du soleil ; écart entre le déroulement de deux événements. | Pluriel de trip. |
Where the eye mixes temps and trips
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between temps and trips
A purely visual mix-up. temps (\tɑ̃\) and trips (\tʁip\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
temps is recorded at frequency rank #89, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃\. trips is at rank #49,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁip\.
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 49500, this pair ranks #170,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of temps vs trips
Shared letters: pst. Private to "temps": em. Private to "trips": ir.
"temps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "trips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "temps" and "trips" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "temps" or "trips" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "temps" and "trips" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "temps" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "temps" and "trips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trapp vs trips". 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 #170,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.