Which to use
“treizième” is a noun and “XIIIe” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,008
- “treizième” frequency rank
- #16,512
- “XIIIe” frequency rank
- 36520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | treizième | XIIIe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal treize. | Treizième. |
Same sound, different letters: treizième vs XIIIe
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. treizième runs 9 letters (CCVVCVVCV) against XIIIe's 5 (CVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - treizième / XIIIe
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: treizième and XIIIe carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɛ.zjɛm\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
treizième is recorded at frequency rank #20,008, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɛ.zjɛm\. XIIIe is at rank #16,512, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɛ.zjɛm\.
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 36520, this pair ranks #269,025 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of treizième vs XIIIe
Shared letters: ei. Private to "treizième": mrtzè. Private to "XIIIe": x.
"treizième" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVVCV · "XIIIe" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- XIIIe ← ixiie · xiiei · xxiiie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "treizième" for "XIIIe" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "treizième" or "XIIIe" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "treizième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "XIIIe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,025 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "treizième" and "XIIIe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "treizième vs trentième". 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 #269,025 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.