triésvstripsTell them apart

Quick tell: triés is a verb, trips is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“triés” is a verb and “trips” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,791
“triés” frequency rank
#49,411
“trips” frequency rank
84202
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature triés trips
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de trier. Pluriel de trip.

Where the eye mixes triés and trips

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. triés (CCVVC) and trips (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
triés
5 ch
trips

Look-alike desk: triés vs trips

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: triés is \tʁi.je\ while trips is \tʁip\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - é in “triés” becomes p in “trips”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

triés is recorded at frequency rank #34,791, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁi.je\. trips is at rank #49,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁip\.

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 84202, this pair ranks #13,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of triés vs trips

Shared letters: irst. Private to "triés": é. Private to "trips": p.

"triés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "trips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trips ← rtips · tirps · tripps · tripss · trisp · trpis · trrips · ttrips

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "triés" for "trips" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "triés" is a verb and "trips" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "triés" vs "trips" - which ranks higher?
"triés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,791 in our French list, against #49,411 for "trips". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "triés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "triés" and "trips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trapp vs trips". 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 #13,407 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list