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“talkies” and “tallies” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,664
- “talkies” frequency rank
- #38,644
- “tallies” frequency rank
- 88308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talkies | tallies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of talkie | plural of tally |
Letter map: talkies vs tallies
Shared letters muted; letters that set talkies and tallies apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. talkies and tallies follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: talkies and tallies
talkies and tallies are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - k in “talkies” becomes l in “tallies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talkies is recorded at frequency rank #49,664, classified as anoun. tallies is at rank #38,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtaliːs/.
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 88308, this pair ranks #6,514 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of talkies vs tallies
Shared letters: aeilst. Private to "talkies": k. Private to "tallies": -.
"talkies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "tallies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "talkies" vs "tallies" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "talkies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tallies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,514 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talkies" and "tallies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talkie vs talkies". 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 #6,514 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.