trompéevstrompezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: trompée is a adjective, trompez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#16,501
“trompée” frequency rank
#23,719
“trompez” frequency rank
40220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trompée trompez
Definition Féminin singulier de trompé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tromper.

Same sound, different letters: trompée vs trompez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
trompée
7 ch
trompez

Homophone desk: trompée vs trompez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: trompée and trompez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trompée is recorded at frequency rank #16,501, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɔ̃.pe\. trompez is at rank #23,719, 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 40220, this pair ranks #242,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trompée vs trompez

Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "trompée": é. Private to "trompez": z.

"trompée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV  ·  "trompez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trompezrtompez · tormpez · trmopez · tromepz · trommpez · trompezz · tromppez · trompze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "trompée" for "trompez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trompée" is an adjective and "trompez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "trompée" vs "trompez" - which ranks higher?
"trompée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,501 in our French list, against #23,719 for "trompez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"trompée" and "trompez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trompée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trompez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #242,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trompée" and "trompez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trempés vs trompez". 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 #242,134 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