Which to use
“tremblent” and “tremblez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,189
- “tremblent” frequency rank
- #44,238
- “tremblez” frequency rank
- 80427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tremblent | tremblez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de trembler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de trembler. |
Where the eye mixes tremblent and tremblez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tremblent runs 9 letters (CCVCCCVCC) against tremblez's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tremblent vs tremblez
A purely visual mix-up. tremblent (\tʁɑ̃bl\) and tremblez (\tʁɑ̃.ble\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tremblent is recorded at frequency rank #36,189, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃bl\. tremblez is at rank #44,238, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.ble\.
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 80427, this pair ranks #20,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tremblent vs tremblez
Shared letters: belmrt. Private to "tremblent": n. Private to "tremblez": z.
"tremblent" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC · "tremblez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tremblent" and "tremblez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tremblent" or "tremblez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tremblent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tremblez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tremblent" and "tremblez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trembles vs tremblez". 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 #20,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.