Which to use
“troquer” and “truquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,099
- “troquer” frequency rank
- #45,929
- “truquer” frequency rank
- 88028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | troquer | truquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Échanger, donner en troc. | Modifier, altérer, falsifier un meuble, un objet d’art pour lui donner l’apparence d’une qualité qu’il n’a pas. |
Where the eye mixes troquer and truquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses troquer with truquer
A purely visual mix-up. troquer (\tʁɔ.ke\) and truquer (\tʁy.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - o in “troquer” becomes u in “truquer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
troquer is recorded at frequency rank #42,099, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɔ.ke\. truquer is at rank #45,929, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁy.ke\.
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 88028, this pair ranks #7,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of troquer vs truquer
Shared letters: eqrtu. Private to "troquer": o. Private to "truquer": -.
"troquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "truquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "troquer" for "truquer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "troquer" or "truquer" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "troquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "truquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "troquer" and "truquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traqués vs truquer". 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 #7,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.