Which to use
“trip” and “trips” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,757
- “trip” frequency rank
- #49,411
- “trips” frequency rank
- 59168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trip | trips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aventure. | Pluriel de trip. |
Same sound, different letters: trip vs trips
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - trip / trips
This is the hard kind. trip and trips are pronounced identically (\tʁip\) 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) - “trip” sits inside “trips”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trip is recorded at frequency rank #9,757, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁip\. 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 59168, this pair ranks #104,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of trip vs trips
Shared letters: iprt. Private to "trip": -. Private to "trips": s.
"trip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "trips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "trip" and "trips" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "trip" vs "trips" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "trip" 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 #104,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trip" 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 #104,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.