tablevstaiseConfusable pair

Quick tell: table is a noun, taise is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“table” is a noun and “taise” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,013
“table” frequency rank
#40,040
“taise” frequency rank
41053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature table taise
Definition Surface plane de bois, de pierre, de marbre, etc., posée sur un ou plusieurs pieds et qui sert à divers usages. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de taire.

Where the eye mixes table and taise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
table
5 ch
taise

Visual trap between table and taise

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: table is \tabl\ while taise is \tɛz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

table is recorded at frequency rank #1,013, classified as anoun, pronounced \tabl\. taise is at rank #40,040, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɛz\.

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 41053, this pair ranks #235,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of table vs taise

Shared letters: aet. Private to "table": bl. Private to "taise": is.

"table" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "taise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tableatble · tabble · tabel · tablle · talbe · tbale · ttable
  • taisetaies · taisse · tasie · tiase · ttaise

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "table" and "taise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "table" is a noun and "taise" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "table" vs "taise" - which ranks higher?
"table" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,013 in our French list, against #40,040 for "taise". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "table" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "taise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "table" and "taise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taise vs tice". 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 #235,886 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