Which to use
“tremblement” and “tremblements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,092
- “tremblement” frequency rank
- #18,353
- “tremblements” frequency rank
- 28445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tremblement | tremblements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Agitation de ce qui tremble. | Pluriel de tremblement. |
Same sound, different letters: tremblement vs tremblements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - tremblement and tremblements
This is the hard kind. tremblement and tremblements are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tremblement” sits inside “tremblements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tremblement is recorded at frequency rank #10,092, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\. tremblements is at rank #18,353, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\.
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 28445, this pair ranks #322,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tremblement vs tremblements
Shared letters: belmnrt. Private to "tremblement": -. Private to "tremblements": s.
"tremblement" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVCC · "tremblements" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tremblement ← rtemblement · termblement · trebmlement · trembblement · trembelment · trembleemnt · tremblemennt · tremblementt
- tremblements ← rtemblements · termblements · trebmlements · trembblements · trembelments · trembleemnts · tremblemennts · tremblemenst
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tremblement" and "tremblements" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tremblement" vs "tremblements" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"tremblement" and "tremblements" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "tremblement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tremblements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tremblement" and "tremblements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tremblement vs tremblent". 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 #322,766 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.