Which to use
“tirage” and “tirée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,627
- “tirage” frequency rank
- #8,474
- “tirée” frequency rank
- 13101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tirage | tirée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de tirer, de déplacer, de mouvoir dans une direction. | Action de tirer. |
Where the eye mixes tirage and tirée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tirage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against tirée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tirage and tirée
A purely visual mix-up. tirage (\ti.ʁaʒ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tirage is recorded at frequency rank #4,627, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.ʁaʒ\. 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 13101, this pair ranks #402,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tirage vs tirée
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "tirage": ag. Private to "tirée": é.
"tirage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tirée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tirage ← itrage · tiarge · tiraeg · tiragge · tirgae · tirrage · ttirage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tirage" for "tirée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tirage" or "tirée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tirage" 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 #402,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tirage" 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 #402,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.