Which to use
“tireur” and “tiroir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,936
- “tireur” frequency rank
- #11,677
- “tiroir” frequency rank
- 20613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tireur | tiroir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui tire, aux divers sens du mot. | Casier, compartiment coulissant dans un meuble grâce à une poignée. |
Where the eye mixes tireur and tiroir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tireur with tiroir
A purely visual mix-up. tireur (\ti.ʁœʁ\) and tiroir (\ti.ʁwaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tireur is recorded at frequency rank #8,936, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.ʁœʁ\. tiroir is at rank #11,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ti.ʁwaʁ\.
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 20613, this pair ranks #367,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tireur vs tiroir
Shared letters: irt. Private to "tireur": eu. Private to "tiroir": o.
"tireur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "tiroir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tireur" for "tiroir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tireur" or "tiroir"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tireur" and "tiroir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tireur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tiroir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tireur" and "tiroir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tireur 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 #367,386 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.