Which to use
“trembler” and “tremblez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,880
- “trembler” frequency rank
- #44,238
- “tremblez” frequency rank
- 57118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trembler | tremblez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être agité de petites et fréquentes secousses. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de trembler. |
Same sound, different letters: trembler vs tremblez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. trembler and tremblez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - trembler / tremblez
This is the hard kind. trembler and tremblez are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃.ble\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “trembler” becomes z in “tremblez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trembler is recorded at frequency rank #12,880, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.ble\. 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 57118, this pair ranks #116,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trembler vs tremblez
Shared letters: belmrt. Private to "trembler": -. Private to "tremblez": z.
"trembler" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "tremblez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "trembler" and "tremblez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "trembler" vs "tremblez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "trembler" / "tremblez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "trembler" 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 #116,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trembler" 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 #116,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.