traversezvstraversierWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#45,358
“traversez” frequency rank
#49,407
“traversier” frequency rank
94765
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traversez traversier
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de traverser. Qui traverse. Il n’est guère usité que dans les expressions suivantes :

Letter map: traversez vs traversier

Shared letters muted; letters that set traversez and traversier apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. traversez runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCVC) against traversier's 10 (CCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
traversez
10 ch
traversier

Role in the sentence - traversez and traversier

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: traversez is averb and traversieranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traversez is recorded at frequency rank #45,358, classified as averb, 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 94765, this pair ranks #1,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of traversez vs traversier

Shared letters: aerstv. Private to "traversez": z. Private to "traversier": i.

"traversez" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC  ·  "traversier" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traversez ← rtaversez · tarversez · traevrsez · traveresz · traverrsez · traversezz · traverssez · traversze
  • traversier ← rtaversier · tarversier · traevrsier · traveriser · traverrsier · traverseir · traversierr · traversire

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traversez" and "traversier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traversez" is a verb and "traversier" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "traversez" or "traversier" show up more?
"traversez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,358 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "traversez" 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 #1,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traversez" and "traversier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traversera 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 #1,429 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