Which to use
“trimestre” and “trimestres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,198
- “trimestre” frequency rank
- #23,718
- “trimestres” frequency rank
- 28916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trimestre | trimestres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace de trois mois. | Pluriel de trimestre. |
Same sound, different letters: trimestre vs trimestres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. trimestre runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCCV) against trimestres's 10 (CCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - trimestre and trimestres
This is the hard kind. trimestre and trimestres are pronounced identically (\tʁi.mɛstʁ\) 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) - “trimestre” sits inside “trimestres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trimestre is recorded at frequency rank #5,198, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.mɛstʁ\. trimestres is at rank #23,718, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.mɛstʁ\.
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 28916, this pair ranks #319,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trimestre vs trimestres
Shared letters: eimrst. Private to "trimestre": -. Private to "trimestres": -.
"trimestre" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCCV · "trimestres" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trimestre ← rtimestre · tirmestre · triemstre · trimesrte · trimesstre · trimester · trimestrre · trimesttre
- trimestres ← rtimestres · tirmestres · triemstres · trimesrtes · trimesstres · trimesters · trimestress · trimestrres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "trimestre" for "trimestres" ever safe?
Which is more common, "trimestre" or "trimestres"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "trimestre" / "trimestres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "trimestre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trimestres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trimestre" and "trimestres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trimestres vs trimestriels". 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 #319,847 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.