Which to use
“tigre” is a noun and “tirez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,909
- “tigre” frequency rank
- #20,867
- “tirez” frequency rank
- 28776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tigre | tirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de mammifère carnassier, le plus grand de la famille des félidés, au pelage généralement fauve, rayé de bandes noires transversales. La femelle est la tigresse, le petit le tigreau. Le tigre râle, rauque ou feule. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tirer. |
Where the eye mixes tigre and tirez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tigre with tirez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tigre is \tiɡʁ\ while tirez is \ti.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tigre is recorded at frequency rank #7,909, classified as anoun, pronounced \tiɡʁ\. tirez is at rank #20,867, tagged as averb, 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 28776, this pair ranks #320,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tigre vs tirez
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "tigre": g. Private to "tirez": z.
"tigre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tirez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tigre" for "tirez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tigre" or "tirez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tigre" and "tirez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tigre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tirez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tigre" and "tirez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirez 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 #320,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.