Which to use
“treize” and “trempé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,567
- “treize” frequency rank
- #13,925
- “trempé” frequency rank
- 20492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | treize | trempé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Douze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 13. | Fortement mouillé. |
Where the eye mixes treize and trempé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. treize (CCVVCV) and trempé (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between treize and trempé
A purely visual mix-up. treize (\tʁɛz\) and trempé (\tʁɑ̃.pe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
treize is recorded at frequency rank #6,567, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɛz\. trempé is at rank #13,925, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.pe\.
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 20492, this pair ranks #368,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of treize vs trempé
Shared letters: ert. Private to "treize": iz. Private to "trempé": mpé.
"treize" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "trempé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- treize ← rteize · terize · treiez · treizze · trezie · trieze · trreize · ttreize
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "treize" for "trempé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "treize" vs "trempé" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "treize" and "trempé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "treize" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trempé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "treize" and "trempé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tempes vs trempé". 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 #368,010 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.