Which to use
“terre” and “tirée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #386
- “terre” frequency rank
- #8,474
- “tirée” frequency rank
- 8860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terre | tirée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sol sur lequel nous marchons, sur lequel les maisons sont construites, qui produit et nourrit les végétaux. | Action de tirer. |
Where the eye mixes terre and tirée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: terre vs tirée
A purely visual mix-up. terre (\tɛʁ\) and tirée (\ti.ʁe\) 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 8860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terre is recorded at frequency rank #386, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛʁ\. tirée is at rank #8,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ti.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 8860, this pair ranks #418,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of terre vs tirée
Shared letters: ert. Private to "terre": -. Private to "tirée": ié.
"terre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tirée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- terre ← etrre · tere · terer · trere · tterre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "terre" for "tirée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "terre" or "tirée" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "terre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tirée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terre" and "tirée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirée vs titrer". 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 #418,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.