Which to use
“tracas” is a noun and “tracées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,574
- “tracas” frequency rank
- #40,539
- “tracées” frequency rank
- 70113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tracas | tracées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement accompagné d’embarras, le plus souvent pour des choses de peu d’importance. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de tracer. |
Where the eye mixes tracas and tracées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tracas runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against tracées's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tracas and tracées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tracas is \tʁa.ka\ while tracées is \tʁa.se\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tracas is recorded at frequency rank #29,574, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ka\. tracées is at rank #40,539, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.se\.
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 70113, this pair ranks #52,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tracas vs tracées
Shared letters: acrst. Private to "tracas": -. Private to "tracées": eé.
"tracas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "tracées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tracas ← rtacas · tarcas · traacs · tracass · traccas · tracsa · trcaas · trracas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tracas" for "tracées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tracas" vs "tracées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tracas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tracées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tracas" and "tracées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taxées vs tracées". 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 #52,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.