Which to use
“triade” and “triades” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,190
- “triade” frequency rank
- #49,409
- “triades” frequency rank
- 85599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | triade | triades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble composé de trois unités, ou trio. Les trois éléments regroupés peuvent être identiques, ou de même nature, ou être différenciés à partir d'un simple point commun. | Pluriel de triade. |
Same sound, different letters: triade vs triades
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. triade runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against triades's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: triade vs triades
This is the hard kind. triade and triades are pronounced identically (\tʁi.jad\) 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) - “triade” sits inside “triades”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
triade is recorded at frequency rank #36,190, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.jad\. triades is at rank #49,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.jad\.
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 85599, this pair ranks #11,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of triade vs triades
Shared letters: adeirt. Private to "triade": -. Private to "triades": s.
"triade" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "triades" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "triade" for "triades" ever safe?
Frequency check: "triade" vs "triades" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"triade" and "triades" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "triade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "triades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "triade" and "triades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "triades vs triplés". 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 #11,067 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.