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“tableur” and “tailleur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,384
“tableur” frequency rank
#13,701
“tailleur” frequency rank
63085
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tableur tailleur
Definition Fabricant de table d'harmonie pour les instruments de musique. Celui qui taille.

Where the eye mixes tableur and tailleur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
tableur
8 ch
tailleur

Visual trap between tableur and tailleur

A purely visual mix-up. tableur (\ta.blœʁ\) and tailleur (\tɑ.jœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tableur is recorded at frequency rank #49,384, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.blœʁ\. tailleur is at rank #13,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɑ.jœʁ\.

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 63085, this pair ranks #83,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tableur vs tailleur

Shared letters: aelrtu. Private to "tableur": b. Private to "tailleur": i.

"tableur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "tailleur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tableuratbleur · tabbleur · tabelur · tableru · tableurr · tablleur · tabluer · talbeur
  • tailleuratilleur · tailelur · taileur · tailleru · tailleurr · tailluer · talileur · tialleur

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tableur" and "tailleur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ta.blœʁ\ versus \tɑ.jœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tableur" or "tailleur"?
"tailleur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,701 in our French list, against #49,384 for "tableur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "tableur" and "tailleur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tableur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tailleur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tableur" and "tailleur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tableur vs tacler". 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 #83,788 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