truquervstruquésConfusable pair

Quick tell: truquer is a verb, truqués is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
truquer
7 ch
truqués

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "truquer" is a verb and "truqués" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "truquer" vs "truqués" - which ranks higher?
"truqués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,079 in our French list, against #45,929 for "truquer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list