Which to use
“tiret” is a noun and “titrée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,185
- “tiret” frequency rank
- #30,005
- “titrée” frequency rank
- 73190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tiret | titrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit trait (—) qui sert à indiquer un nouvel interlocuteur dans un dialogue, à séparer une phrase ou une partie de phrase comme le font les parenthèses, ou à énumérer des éléments dans une liste. | Féminin singulier de titré. |
Where the eye mixes tiret and titrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tiret with titrée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tiret is \ti.ʁɛ\ while titrée is \ti.tʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 73190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tiret is recorded at frequency rank #43,185, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.ʁɛ\. titrée is at rank #30,005, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ti.tʁe\.
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 73190, this pair ranks #41,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tiret vs titrée
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "tiret": -. Private to "titrée": é.
"tiret" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "titrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tiret ← itret · tiert · tirett · tirret · triet · ttiret
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tiret" and "titrée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "tiret" or "titrée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tiret" and "titrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tiret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "titrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tiret" and "titrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tiret 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 #41,309 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.