triplervstriplésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tripler is a verb, triplés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tripler” is a verb and “triplés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,789
“tripler” frequency rank
#45,359
“triplés” frequency rank
80148
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tripler triplés
Definition Rendre triple, multiplier par trois. Masculin pluriel de triplé.

Same sound, different letters: tripler vs triplés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

7 ch
tripler
7 ch
triplés

Homophone desk: tripler vs triplés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tripler and triplés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁi.ple\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tripler is recorded at frequency rank #34,789, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁi.ple\. triplés is at rank #45,359, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁi.ple\.

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 80148, this pair ranks #21,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tripler vs triplés

Shared letters: ilprt. Private to "tripler": e. Private to "triplés": .

"tripler" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "triplés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • triplerrtipler · tirpler · trilper · tripelr · triplerr · tripller · triplre · trippler

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tripler" and "triplés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tripler" is a verb and "triplés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "tripler" or "triplés" show up more?
"tripler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,789 in our French list, against #45,359 for "triplés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "tripler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "triplés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tripler" and "triplés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "triplés 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 #21,640 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