Which to use
“trophée” and “trophées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,512
- “trophée” frequency rank
- #10,963
- “trophées” frequency rank
- 16475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trophée | trophées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dépouille d’un ennemi vaincu, que l’on mettait ordinairement sur un tronc d’arbre dont on avait coupé les branches. | Pluriel de trophée. |
Same sound, different letters: trophée vs trophées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. trophée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against trophées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - trophée / trophées
This is the hard kind. trophée and trophées are pronounced identically (\tʁɔ.fe\) 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) - “trophée” sits inside “trophées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trophée is recorded at frequency rank #5,512, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɔ.fe\. trophées is at rank #10,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɔ.fe\.
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 16475, this pair ranks #387,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of trophée vs trophées
Shared letters: ehoprté. Private to "trophée": -. Private to "trophées": s.
"trophée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "trophées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trophée" and "trophées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "trophée" vs "trophées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "trophée" / "trophées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "trophée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trophées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trophée" and "trophées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trophée vs trouée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #387,669 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.