tavsToraConfusable pair

Quick tell: ta is a determiner, Tora is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ta” is a determiner and “Tora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#181
“ta” frequency rank
#48,233
“Tora” frequency rank
48414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ta Tora
Definition Déterminant marquant la possession d’un objet (de genre féminin) appartenant à celui (de nombre singulier) à qui l’on parle. Variante orthographique de Thora.

Where the eye mixes ta and Tora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

2 ch
ta
4 ch
Tora

Look-alike desk: ta vs Tora

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ta is \ta\ while Tora is \tɔ.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ta is recorded at frequency rank #181, classified as adet, pronounced \ta\. Tora is at rank #48,233, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.ʁa\.

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 48414, this pair ranks #179,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ta vs Tora

Shared letters: at. Private to "ta": -. Private to "Tora": or.

"ta" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "Tora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Toraotra · toar · torra · troa · ttora

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ta" and "Tora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ta" is a determiner and "Tora" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ta" or "Tora"?
"ta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #181 in our French list, against #48,233 for "Tora". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ta" and "Tora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tora vs turf". 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 #179,142 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