trahisvstrahitWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: trahis is a adjective, trahit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“trahis” is an adjective and “trahit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,347
“trahis” frequency rank
#18,348
“trahit” frequency rank
36695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trahis trahit
Definition Masculin pluriel de trahi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de trahir.

Same sound, different letters: trahis vs trahit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. trahis and trahit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
trahis
6 ch
trahit

Homophone desk: trahis vs trahit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: trahis and trahit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁa.i\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “trahis” becomes t in “trahit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trahis is recorded at frequency rank #18,347, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁa.i\. trahit is at rank #18,348, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.i\.

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 36695, this pair ranks #267,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trahis vs trahit

Shared letters: ahirt. Private to "trahis": s. Private to "trahit": -.

"trahis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "trahit" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trahis ← rtahis · tarhis · trahhis · trahiss · trahsi · traihs · trhais · trrahis
  • trahit ← rtahit · tarhit · trahhit · trahitt · trahti · traiht · trhait · trrahit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trahis" and "trahit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trahis" is an adjective and "trahit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "trahis" vs "trahit" - which ranks higher?
"trahis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,347 in our French list, against #18,348 for "trahit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "trahis" / "trahit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trahis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trahit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trahis" and "trahit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tarit vs trahit". 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 #267,753 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