Which to use
“trompé” is an adjective and “tromper” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,199
- “trompé” frequency rank
- #4,295
- “tromper” frequency rank
- 9494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trompé | tromper |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trahi par son conjoint. | Induire en erreur, par artifice. |
Same sound, different letters: trompé vs tromper
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - trompé and tromper
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: trompé and tromper carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɔ̃.pe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trompé is recorded at frequency rank #5,199, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɔ̃.pe\. tromper is at rank #4,295, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɔ̃.pe\.
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 9494, this pair ranks #416,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of trompé vs tromper
Shared letters: moprt. Private to "trompé": é. Private to "tromper": e.
"trompé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "tromper" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tromper ← rtomper · tormper · trmoper · tromepr · trommper · tromperr · trompper · trompre
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "trompé" / "tromper". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "trompé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tromper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trompé" and "tromper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tromper vs trouer". 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 #416,439 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.