tiragesvstirésTell them apart

Quick tell: tirages is a noun, tirés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tirages” is a noun and “tirés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,587
“tirages” frequency rank
#7,765
“tirés” frequency rank
28352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tirages tirés
Definition Pluriel de tirage. Masculin pluriel de tiré.

Where the eye mixes tirages and tirés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tirages runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against tirés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
tirages
5 ch
tirés

Look-alike desk: tirages vs tirés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tirages is \ti.ʁaʒ\ while tirés is \ti.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tirages is recorded at frequency rank #20,587, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.ʁaʒ\. tirés is at rank #7,765, tagged as anadj, 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 28352, this pair ranks #323,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tirages vs tirés

Shared letters: irst. Private to "tirages": aeg. Private to "tirés": é.

"tirages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "tirés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tirages ← itrages · tiarges · tiraegs · tiragess · tiragges · tiragse · tirgaes · tirrages

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tirages" for "tirés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tirages" is a noun and "tirés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tirages" or "tirés"?
"tirés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,765 in our French list, against #20,587 for "tirages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "tirages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tirés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #323,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tirages" and "tirés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirés 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 #323,362 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