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Which to use

“tirage” and “titrage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,627
“tirage” frequency rank
#34,333
“titrage” frequency rank
38960
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tirage titrage
Definition Action de tirer, de déplacer, de mouvoir dans une direction. Action de titrer.

Where the eye mixes tirage and titrage

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tirage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against titrage's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
tirage
7 ch
titrage

Look-alike desk: tirage vs titrage

A purely visual mix-up. tirage (\ti.ʁaʒ\) and titrage (\ti.tʁaʒ\) 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 38960, 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\. titrage is at rank #34,333, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ti.tʁaʒ\.

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 38960, this pair ranks #251,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tirage vs titrage

Shared letters: aegirt. Private to "tirage": -. Private to "titrage": -.

"tirage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "titrage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tirage ← itrage · tiarge · tiraeg · tiragge · tirgae · tirrage · ttirage
  • titrage ← ittrage · tirtage · titarge · titraeg · titragge · titrgae · titrrage · tittrage

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tirage" and "titrage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ti.ʁaʒ\ versus \ti.tʁaʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tirage" vs "titrage" - which ranks higher?
"tirage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,627 in our French list, against #34,333 for "titrage". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "tirage" and "titrage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tirage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "titrage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #251,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tirage" and "titrage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tirade vs titrage". 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 #251,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list