travée vs travées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“travée” and “travées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,074
“travée” frequency rank: #25,514
“travées” frequency rank: 64588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	travée	travées
Definition	Entre deux poutres, espace rempli par des solives.	Pluriel de travée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set travée and travées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

travée

7 ch

travées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. travée and travées are pronounced identically (\tʁa.ve\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “travée” sits inside “travées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

travée is recorded at frequency rank #39,074, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ve\. travées is at rank #25,514, 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 64588, this pair ranks #76,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of travée vs travées

Shared letters: aertvé. Private to "travée": -. Private to "travées": s.

"travée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "travées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

travée#39,074

travées#25,514

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "travée" and "travées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁa.ve\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "travée" or "travées"?

"travées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,514 in our French list, against #39,074 for "travée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering travée vs travées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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