Which to use
“tranché” and “tranchées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,277
- “tranché” frequency rank
- #12,076
- “tranchées” frequency rank
- 27353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tranché | tranchées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame. | Féminin pluriel de tranché. |
Same sound, different letters: tranché vs tranchées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. tranché runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against tranchées's 9 (CCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - tranché and tranchées
This is the hard kind. tranché and tranchées are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃.ʃe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tranché” sits inside “tranchées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tranché is recorded at frequency rank #15,277, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. tranchées is at rank #12,076, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
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 27353, this pair ranks #329,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tranché vs tranchées
Shared letters: achnrté. Private to "tranché": -. Private to "tranchées": es.
"tranché" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "tranchées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tranché" and "tranchées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tranché" vs "tranchées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"tranché" and "tranchées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "tranché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tranchées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tranché" and "tranchées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs tranché". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #329,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.