Which to use
“tracée” and “tracées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,396
- “tracée” frequency rank
- #40,539
- “tracées” frequency rank
- 63935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tracée | tracées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de tracer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de tracer. |
Same sound, different letters: tracée vs tracées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. tracée runs 6 letters (CCVCVV) against tracées's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tracée / tracées
This is the hard kind. tracée and tracées are pronounced identically (\tʁa.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tracée” sits inside “tracées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tracée is recorded at frequency rank #23,396, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.se\. 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 63935, this pair ranks #79,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tracée vs tracées
Shared letters: acerté. Private to "tracée": -. Private to "tracées": s.
"tracée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "tracées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tracée" and "tracées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tracée" or "tracées"?
What to do next
"tracée" and "tracées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "tracée" 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 #79,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tracée" and "tracées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taxées vs tracées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #79,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.