truievstruitesTell them apart

Which to use

“truie” and “truites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,628
“truie” frequency rank
#32,629
“truites” frequency rank
65257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature truie truites
Definition Femelle du porc. Pluriel de truite.

Where the eye mixes truie and truites

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
truie
7 ch
truites

Visual trap between truie and truites

A purely visual mix-up. truie (\tʁɥi\) and truites (\tʁɥit\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

truie is recorded at frequency rank #32,628, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɥi\. truites is at rank #32,629, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɥit\.

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 65257, this pair ranks #73,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of truie vs truites

Shared letters: eirtu. Private to "truie": -. Private to "truites": s.

"truie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV  ·  "truites" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • truiertuie · triue · trruie · truei · ttruie · turie
  • truitesrtuites · triutes · trruites · truiets · truitess · truitse · truittes · truties

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "truie" for "truites" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tʁɥi\ versus \tʁɥit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "truie" or "truites"?
"truie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,628 in our French list, against #32,629 for "truites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "truie" and "truites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "truie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "truites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "truie" and "truites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ternie vs truie". 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 #73,144 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