tracésvstrajetConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#23,397
“tracés” frequency rank
#4,533
“trajet” frequency rank
27930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tracés trajet
Definition Pluriel de tracé. Espace à traverser, route à faire d’un lieu à un autre.

Where the eye mixes tracés and trajet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
tracés
6 ch
trajet

Look-alike desk: tracés vs trajet

A purely visual mix-up. tracés (\tʁa.se\) and trajet (\tʁa.ʒɛ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tracés is recorded at frequency rank #23,397, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.se\. trajet is at rank #4,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ʒɛ\.

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 27930, this pair ranks #325,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tracés vs trajet

Shared letters: art. Private to "tracés": csé. Private to "trajet": ej.

"tracés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "trajet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trajetrtajet · tarjet · traejt · trajett · trajjet · trajte · trjaet · trrajet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tracés" for "trajet" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tʁa.se\ versus \tʁa.ʒɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tracés" vs "trajet" - which ranks higher?
"trajet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,533 in our French list, against #23,397 for "tracés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tracés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trajet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #325,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tracés" and "trajet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tracés vs trônes". 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 #325,894 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