Which to use
“travée” is a noun and “travel” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,074
- “travée” frequency rank
- #24,797
- “travel” frequency rank
- 63871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travée | travel |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entre deux poutres, espace rempli par des solives. | Voyager. |
Where the eye mixes travée and travel
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. travée (CCVCVV) and travel (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: travée vs travel
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: travée is \tʁa.ve\ while travel is \ˈtɹæv.əl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63871, 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\. travel is at rank #24,797, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈtɹæv.əl\.
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 63871, this pair ranks #79,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of travée vs travel
Shared letters: aertv. Private to "travée": é. Private to "travel": l.
"travée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "travel" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travel ← rtavel · tarvel · traevl · travell · travle · travvel · trravel · trvael
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travée" for "travel" ever safe?
Frequency check: "travée" vs "travel" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "travée" and "travel" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travée" and "travel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs travée". 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 #79,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.