Which to use
“tirera” and “tirez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,897
- “tirera” frequency rank
- #20,867
- “tirez” frequency rank
- 47764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tirera | tirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur simple du verbe tirer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tirer. |
Where the eye mixes tirera and tirez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tirera runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against tirez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tirera with tirez
A purely visual mix-up. tirera (\ti.ʁə.ʁa\) and tirez (\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 47764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tirera is recorded at frequency rank #26,897, classified as averb, pronounced \ti.ʁə.ʁa\. tirez is at rank #20,867, tagged as averb, 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 47764, this pair ranks #184,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tirera vs tirez
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "tirera": a. Private to "tirez": z.
"tirera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tirez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tirera" and "tirez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tirera" or "tirez"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tirera" and "tirez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tirera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tirez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tirera" and "tirez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirera 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 #184,325 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.