Which to use
“trier” and “triés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,528
- “trier” frequency rank
- #34,791
- “triés” frequency rank
- 50319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trier | triés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Séparer ce que l'on souhaite garder et ce que l'on souhaite jeter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de trier. |
Same sound, different letters: trier vs triés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. trier and triés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: trier vs triés
This is the hard kind. trier and triés are pronounced identically (\tʁi.je\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trier is recorded at frequency rank #15,528, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁi.je\. triés is at rank #34,791, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁi.je\.
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 50319, this pair ranks #163,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trier vs triés
Shared letters: irt. Private to "trier": e. Private to "triés": sé.
"trier" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "triés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trier ← rtier · treir · trierr · trire · trrier · ttrier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "trier" and "triés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "trier" vs "triés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"trier" and "triés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "trier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "triés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trier" and "triés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "triés vs trônes". 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 #163,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.