Which to use
“vitrée” and “vitrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,923
- “vitrée” frequency rank
- #35,774
- “vitrées” frequency rank
- 62697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vitrée | vitrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de vitré. | Féminin pluriel de vitré. |
Same sound, different letters: vitrée vs vitrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. vitrée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against vitrées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vitrée and vitrées
This is the hard kind. vitrée and vitrées are pronounced identically (\vi.tʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “vitrée” sits inside “vitrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vitrée is recorded at frequency rank #26,923, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.tʁe\. vitrées is at rank #35,774, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.tʁe\.
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 62697, this pair ranks #85,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vitrée vs vitrées
Shared letters: eirtvé. Private to "vitrée": -. Private to "vitrées": s.
"vitrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "vitrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vitrée" for "vitrées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vitrée" vs "vitrées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vitrée" / "vitrées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vitrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vitrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vitrée" and "vitrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vitrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #85,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.