Which to use
“tranchée” is a noun and “tranchés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,285
- “tranchée” frequency rank
- #45,353
- “tranchés” frequency rank
- 58638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tranchée | tranchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture, excavation longue et plus ou moins profonde pratiquée dans la terre. | Masculin pluriel de tranché. |
Same sound, different letters: tranchée vs tranchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. tranchée (CCVCCCVV) and tranchés (CCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - tranchée and tranchés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tranchée and tranchés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “tranchée” becomes s in “tranchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tranchée is recorded at frequency rank #13,285, classified as anoun, 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 58638, this pair ranks #107,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tranchée vs tranchés
Shared letters: achnrté. Private to "tranchée": e. Private to "tranchés": s.
"tranchée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV · "tranchés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "tranchée" 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 #107,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tranchée" and "tranchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs tranchés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.