Which to use
“tabou” and “tabous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,925
- “tabou” frequency rank
- #22,114
- “tabous” frequency rank
- 32039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tabou | tabous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à un interdit de caractère religieux. | Masculin pluriel de tabou. |
Same sound, different letters: tabou vs tabous
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - tabou and tabous
This is the hard kind. tabou and tabous are pronounced identically (\ta.bu\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tabou” sits inside “tabous”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tabou is recorded at frequency rank #9,925, classified as anadj, pronounced \ta.bu\. tabous is at rank #22,114, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ta.bu\.
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 32039, this pair ranks #299,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tabou vs tabous
Shared letters: abotu. Private to "tabou": -. Private to "tabous": s.
"tabou" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tabous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tabou" and "tabous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tabou" vs "tabous" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"tabou" and "tabous" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "tabou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tabous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tabou" and "tabous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tabous vs tatoués". 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 #299,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.