Which to use
“titrer” is a verb and “titrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,399
- “titrer” frequency rank
- #47,072
- “titrés” frequency rank
- 96471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | titrer | titrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner un titre honorifique à une personne, à une terre. | Masculin pluriel de titré. |
Same sound, different letters: titrer vs titrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. titrer and titrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: titrer vs titrés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: titrer and titrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ti.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
titrer is recorded at frequency rank #49,399, classified as averb, pronounced \ti.tʁe\. titrés is at rank #47,072, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tit.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 96471, this pair ranks #657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of titrer vs titrés
Shared letters: irt. Private to "titrer": e. Private to "titrés": sé.
"titrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "titrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- titrer ← ittrer · tirter · titerr · titrerr · titrrer · tittrer · ttitrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "titrer" for "titrés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "titrer" vs "titrés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"titrer" and "titrés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "titrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "titrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "titrer" and "titrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tibre 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 #657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.