Which to use
“table” and “toile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,013
- “table” frequency rank
- #3,299
- “toile” frequency rank
- 4312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | table | toile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surface plane de bois, de pierre, de marbre, etc., posée sur un ou plusieurs pieds et qui sert à divers usages. | Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc. |
Where the eye mixes table and toile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. table (\tabl\) and toile (\twal\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4312, 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\. toile is at rank #3,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \twal\.
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 4312, this pair ranks #431,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of table vs toile
Shared letters: elt. Private to "table": ab. Private to "toile": io.
"table" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "toile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV