Which to use
“tranquille” and “tranquilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,154
- “tranquille” frequency rank
- #12,687
- “tranquilles” frequency rank
- 14841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tranquille | tranquilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est paisible, calme, sans agitation. | Pluriel de tranquille. |
Same sound, different letters: tranquille vs tranquilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. tranquille runs 10 letters (CCVCCVVCCV) against tranquilles's 11 (CCVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tranquille / tranquilles
This is the hard kind. tranquille and tranquilles are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃.kil\) 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) - “tranquille” sits inside “tranquilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tranquille is recorded at frequency rank #2,154, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.kil\. tranquilles is at rank #12,687, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.kil\.
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 14841, this pair ranks #394,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tranquille vs tranquilles
Shared letters: aeilnqrtu. Private to "tranquille": -. Private to "tranquilles": s.
"tranquille" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVVCCV · "tranquilles" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tranquille ← rtanquille · tarnquille · trannquille · tranqiulle · tranqquille · tranquile · tranquilel · tranqulile
- tranquilles ← rtanquilles · tarnquilles · trannquilles · tranqiulles · tranqquilles · tranquilels · tranquiles · tranquilless
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tranquille" and "tranquilles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tranquille" or "tranquilles"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tranquille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tranquilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tranquille" and "tranquilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tranquilles vs tranquillou". 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 #394,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.