trajetvstrajetsWhat's the difference?

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

#4,533
“trajet” frequency rank
#12,273
“trajets” frequency rank
16806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: trajet vs trajets

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

6 ch
trajet
7 ch
trajets

Homophone desk: trajet vs trajets

This is the hard kind. trajet and trajets are pronounced identically (\tʁa.ʒɛ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “trajet” sits inside “trajets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trajet is recorded at frequency rank #4,533, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ʒɛ\. trajets is at rank #12,273, 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 16806, this pair ranks #386,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of trajet vs trajets

Shared letters: aejrt. Private to "trajet": -. Private to "trajets": s.

"trajet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "trajets" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trajetrtajet · tarjet · traejt · trajett · trajjet · trajte · trjaet · trrajet
  • trajetsrtajets · tarjets · traejts · trajest · trajetss · trajetts · trajjets · trajtes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trajet" and "trajets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁa.ʒɛ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "trajet" vs "trajets" - which ranks higher?
"trajet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,533 in our French list, against #12,273 for "trajets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trajet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trajets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #386,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trajet" and "trajets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tracées vs trajets". 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 #386,161 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