Which to use
“travées” is a noun and “traversa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,514
- “travées” frequency rank
- #36,188
- “traversa” frequency rank
- 61702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travées | traversa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de travée. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de traverser. |
Where the eye mixes travées and traversa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. travées runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against traversa's 8 (CCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: travées vs traversa
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: travées is \tʁa.ve\ while traversa is \tʁa.vɛʁ.sa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travées is recorded at frequency rank #25,514, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ve\. traversa is at rank #36,188, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.vɛʁ.sa\.
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 61702, this pair ranks #90,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of travées vs traversa
Shared letters: aerstv. Private to "travées": é. Private to "traversa": -.
"travées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "traversa" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- traversa ← rtaversa · tarversa · traevrsa · traveras · traverrsa · traverssa · travesra · travresa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travées" and "traversa" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "travées" or "traversa" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "travées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traversa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travées" and "traversa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traversa vs traversez". 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 #90,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.