Which to use
“tracés” and “travée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,397
- “tracés” frequency rank
- #39,074
- “travée” frequency rank
- 62471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tracés | travée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de tracé. | Entre deux poutres, espace rempli par des solives. |
Where the eye mixes tracés and travée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tracés (CCVCVC) and travée (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: tracés vs travée
A purely visual mix-up. tracés (\tʁa.se\) and travée (\tʁa.ve\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62471, 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\. travée is at rank #39,074, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ve\.
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 62471, this pair ranks #86,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tracés vs travée
Shared letters: arté. Private to "tracés": cs. Private to "travée": ev.
"tracés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "travée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tracés" and "travée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tracés" or "travée"?
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 "tracés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tracés" and "travée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs travée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #86,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.