traverséesvstraversierTell them apart

Quick tell: traversées is a noun, traversier is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“traversées” is a noun and “traversier” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,494
“traversées” frequency rank
#49,407
“traversier” frequency rank
70901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traversées traversier
Definition Pluriel de traversée. Qui traverse. Il n’est guère usité que dans les expressions suivantes :

Letter map: traversées vs traversier

Shared letters muted; letters that set traversées and traversier apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. traversées and traversier follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
traversées
10 ch
traversier

Role in the sentence - traversées and traversier

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: traversées is anoun and traversieranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traversées is recorded at frequency rank #21,494, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\. traversier is at rank #49,407, tagged as anadj.

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 70901, this pair ranks #49,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of traversées vs traversier

Shared letters: aerstv. Private to "traversées": é. Private to "traversier": i.

"traversées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC  ·  "traversier" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traversier ← rtaversier · tarversier · traevrsier · traveriser · traverrsier · traverseir · traversierr · traversire

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traversées" and "traversier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traversées" is a noun and "traversier" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "traversées" or "traversier"?
"traversées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,494 in our French list, against #49,407 for "traversier". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "traversées" vs "traversier" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traversées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traversier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traversées" and "traversier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traversez vs traversier". 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 #49,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list