Which to use
“tiré” and “tirées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,548
- “tiré” frequency rank
- #11,678
- “tirées” frequency rank
- 14226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tiré | tirées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abattu, amaigri, qui témoigne d’usure, de fatigue (en parlant du visage, des traits). | Féminin pluriel de tiré. |
Same sound, different letters: tiré vs tirées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. tiré runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tirées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - tiré and tirées
This is the hard kind. tiré and tirées are pronounced identically (\ti.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tiré” sits inside “tirées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tiré is recorded at frequency rank #2,548, classified as anadj, pronounced \ti.ʁe\. tirées is at rank #11,678, 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 14226, this pair ranks #397,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tiré vs tirées
Shared letters: irté. Private to "tiré": -. Private to "tirées": es.
"tiré" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tirées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tiré" and "tirées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tiré" or "tirées"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tirées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tiré" and "tirées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirées vs tories". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #397,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.