Which to use
“truffe” and “truffes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,212
- “truffe” frequency rank
- #28,386
- “truffes” frequency rank
- 54598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | truffe | truffes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forme particulière de champignons de la famille des ascomycètes du genre des tubéracées; champignons souterrains, charnus, compacts, recherchés pour leur arôme et pour leur saveur dont l’espèce la plus intéressante et la plus connue est la truffe noire ou truffe du Périgord. | Pluriel de truffe. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set truffe and truffes apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. truffe and truffes are pronounced identically (\tʁyf\) 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) - “truffe” sits inside “truffes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
truffe is recorded at frequency rank #26,212, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁyf\. truffes is at rank #28,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁyf\.
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 54598, this pair ranks #132,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of truffe vs truffes
Shared letters: efrtu. Private to "truffe": -. Private to "truffes": s.
"truffe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "truffes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "truffe" and "truffes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "truffe" or "truffes"?
Remembering truffe vs truffes
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “truffe” entry
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