Which to use
“tabassé” is a verb and “tasse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,831
- “tabassé” frequency rank
- #7,907
- “tasse” frequency rank
- 33738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tabassé | tasse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de tabasser. | Récipient pour boire, muni d’une anse. |
Where the eye mixes tabassé and tasse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tabassé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against tasse's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tabassé vs tasse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tabassé is \ta.ba.se\ while tasse is \tas\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tabassé is recorded at frequency rank #25,831, classified as averb, pronounced \ta.ba.se\. tasse is at rank #7,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tas\.
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 33738, this pair ranks #288,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tabassé vs tasse
Shared letters: ast. Private to "tabassé": bé. Private to "tasse": e.
"tabassé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "tasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tasse ← atsse · tase · tases · tsase · ttasse
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tabassé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tasse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tabassé" and "tasse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tabacs vs tabassé". 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 #288,606 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.