Which to use
“trempé” and “trempés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,925
- “trempé” frequency rank
- #35,758
- “trempés” frequency rank
- 49683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trempé | trempés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fortement mouillé. | Masculin pluriel de trempé. |
Same sound, different letters: trempé vs trempés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. trempé runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against trempés's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - trempé / trempés
This is the hard kind. trempé and trempés are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃.pe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “trempé” sits inside “trempés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trempé is recorded at frequency rank #13,925, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.pe\. trempés is at rank #35,758, 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 49683, this pair ranks #168,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trempé vs trempés
Shared letters: emprté. Private to "trempé": -. Private to "trempés": s.
"trempé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "trempés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trempé" and "trempés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "trempé" or "trempés" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "trempé" / "trempés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "trempé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trempés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trempé" and "trempés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trempés vs trépas". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #168,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.