Which to use
“tranché” and “tranchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,277
- “tranché” frequency rank
- #45,353
- “tranchés” frequency rank
- 60630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tranché | tranchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame. | Masculin pluriel de tranché. |
Same sound, different letters: tranché vs tranchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. tranché runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against tranchés's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tranché vs tranchés
This is the hard kind. tranché and tranchés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “tranché” sits inside “tranchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60630, 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\. tranchés is at rank #45,353, 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 60630, this pair ranks #96,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tranché vs tranchés
Shared letters: achnrté. Private to "tranché": -. Private to "tranchés": s.
"tranché" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "tranchés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tranché" and "tranchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tranché" vs "tranchés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "tranché" / "tranchés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tranché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tranchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tranché" and "tranchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs tranchés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.