Which to use
“trance” and “travée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,655
- “trance” frequency rank
- #39,074
- “travée” frequency rank
- 86729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trance | travée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Musique électronique ayant émergé en Allemagne dans les années 1990 qui permet d’atteindre un état de transe qui se caractérise par une recherche systématique de lignes mélodiques répétitives et planantes obtenues harmoniquement et par l’utilisation de filtres dont les fréquences de coupure varient dans le temps. | Entre deux poutres, espace rempli par des solives. |
Where the eye mixes trance and travée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. trance (CCVCCV) and travée (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses trance with travée
A purely visual mix-up. trance (\tʁɑ̃s\) 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 86729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trance is recorded at frequency rank #47,655, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s\. 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 86729, this pair ranks #9,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of trance vs travée
Shared letters: aert. Private to "trance": cn. Private to "travée": vé.
"trance" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "travée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- trance ← rtance · tarnce · tracne · trancce · tranec · trannce · trnace · trrance
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trance" and "travée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "trance" vs "travée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "trance" 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 #9,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trance" and "travée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs tranchés". 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 #9,252 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.