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Which to use

“title” and “titrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,992
“title” frequency rank
#49,399
“titrer” frequency rank
77391
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature title titrer
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de titeln. Donner un titre honorifique à une personne, à une terre.

Where the eye mixes title and titrer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
title
6 ch
titrer

Why the eye confuses title with titrer

A purely visual mix-up. title (\ˈtiːtlə\) and titrer (\ti.tʁe\) 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 77391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

title is recorded at frequency rank #27,992, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈtiːtlə\. titrer is at rank #49,399, tagged as averb, 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 77391, this pair ranks #28,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of title vs titrer

Shared letters: eit. Private to "title": l. Private to "titrer": r.

"title" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "titrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • titleittle · tilte · titel · titlle · tittle · ttile · ttitle
  • titrerittrer · tirter · titerr · titrerr · titrrer · tittrer · ttitrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "title" for "titrer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ˈtiːtlə\ versus \ti.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "title" vs "titrer" - which ranks higher?
"title" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,992 in our French list, against #49,399 for "titrer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "title" and "titrer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "title" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "titrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "title" and "titrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "titrer vs titrés". 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 #28,507 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list