Which to use
“tremper” is a verb and “trempés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,876
- “tremper” frequency rank
- #35,758
- “trempés” frequency rank
- 56634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tremper | trempés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouiller une chose en la mettant dans quelque liquide. | Masculin pluriel de trempé. |
Same sound, different letters: tremper vs trempés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tremper and trempés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: tremper vs trempés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tremper and trempés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃.pe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tremper is recorded at frequency rank #20,876, classified as averb, 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 56634, this pair ranks #119,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tremper vs trempés
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "tremper": -. Private to "trempés": sé.
"tremper" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "trempés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tremper ← rtemper · termper · tremepr · tremmper · tremperr · trempper · trempre · trepmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tremper" for "trempés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tremper" or "trempés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tremper" 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 #119,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tremper" and "trempés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trempés vs trépas". 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 #119,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.