Which to use
“truquer” is a verb and “truqués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,929
- “truquer” frequency rank
- #39,079
- “truqués” frequency rank
- 85008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | truquer | truqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modifier, altérer, falsifier un meuble, un objet d’art pour lui donner l’apparence d’une qualité qu’il n’a pas. | Masculin pluriel de truqué. |
Same sound, different letters: truquer vs truqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. truquer and truqués follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: truquer vs truqués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: truquer and truqués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁy.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
truquer is recorded at frequency rank #45,929, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁy.ke\. truqués is at rank #39,079, tagged as anadj, 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 85008, this pair ranks #12,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of truquer vs truqués
Shared letters: qrtu. Private to "truquer": e. Private to "truqués": sé.
"truquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "truqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- truquer ← rtuquer · trquuer · trruquer · truqeur · truqquer · truquerr · truqure · truuqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "truquer" and "truqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "truquer" vs "truqués" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "truquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "truqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "truquer" and "truqués" 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 #12,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.