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.
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?
Which is more common, "traversées" or "traversier"?
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.