Which to use
“troupe” and “trous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,000
- “troupe” frequency rank
- #4,813
- “trous” frequency rank
- 9813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | troupe | trous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunion d’un certain nombre de personnes qui marchent ou agissent de concert. | Pluriel de trou. |
Where the eye mixes troupe and trous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: troupe vs trous
A purely visual mix-up. troupe (\tʁup\) and trous (\tʁu\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
troupe is recorded at frequency rank #5,000, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁup\. trous is at rank #4,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁu\.
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 9813, this pair ranks #415,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of troupe vs trous
Shared letters: ortu. Private to "troupe": ep. Private to "trous": s.
"troupe" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "trous" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "troupe" and "trous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "troupe" or "trous"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "troupe" and "trous" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "troupe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "troupe" and "trous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trônes vs trous". 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 #415,310 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.