Which to use
“tirées” is an adjective and “tireur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,678
- “tirées” frequency rank
- #8,936
- “tireur” frequency rank
- 20614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tirées | tireur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tiré. | Celui qui tire, aux divers sens du mot. |
Where the eye mixes tirées and tireur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tirées and tireur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses tirées with tireur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tirées is \ti.ʁe\ while tireur is \ti.ʁœʁ\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tirées is recorded at frequency rank #11,678, classified as anadj, pronounced \ti.ʁe\. tireur is at rank #8,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ti.ʁœʁ\.
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 20614, this pair ranks #367,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tirées vs tireur
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "tirées": sé. Private to "tireur": u.
"tirées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "tireur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tireur ← itreur · tierur · tireru · tireurr · tirreur · tiruer · trieur · ttireur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tirées" for "tireur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tirées" or "tireur"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tirées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tireur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tirées" and "tireur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirées vs tories". 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 #367,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.