Which to use
“triomphe” and “triomphes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,568
- “triomphe” frequency rank
- #42,098
- “triomphes” frequency rank
- 48666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | triomphe | triomphes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Honneur accordé chez les Romains à des généraux d’armée après de grandes victoires, et qui consistait à faire une entrée pompeuse et solennelle dans Rome. | Pluriel de triomphe. |
Same sound, different letters: triomphe vs triomphes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - triomphe and triomphes
This is the hard kind. triomphe and triomphes are pronounced identically (\tʁi.jɔ̃f\) 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) - “triomphe” sits inside “triomphes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
triomphe is recorded at frequency rank #6,568, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.jɔ̃f\. triomphes is at rank #42,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.jɔ̃f\.
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 48666, this pair ranks #177,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of triomphe vs triomphes
Shared letters: ehimoprt. Private to "triomphe": -. Private to "triomphes": s.
"triomphe" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCCV · "triomphes" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "triomphe" for "triomphes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "triomphe" vs "triomphes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "triomphe" / "triomphes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "triomphe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "triomphes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "triomphe" and "triomphes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "triomphal vs triomphes". 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 #177,004 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.