Which to use
“tabous” and “tatoués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,114
- “tabous” frequency rank
- #49,391
- “tatoués” frequency rank
- 71505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tabous | tatoués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de tabou. | Masculin pluriel de tatoué. |
Where the eye mixes tabous and tatoués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tabous vs tatoués
A purely visual mix-up. tabous (\ta.bu\) and tatoués (\ta.twe\) 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 71505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tabous is recorded at frequency rank #22,114, classified as anadj, pronounced \ta.bu\. tatoués is at rank #49,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ta.twe\.
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 71505, this pair ranks #47,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tabous vs tatoués
Shared letters: aostu. Private to "tabous": b. Private to "tatoués": é.
"tabous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "tatoués" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tabous ← atbous · tabbous · tabosu · tabouss · tabuos · taobus · tbaous · ttabous
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tabous" for "tatoués" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tabous" or "tatoués" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tabous" and "tatoués" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tabous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tatoués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tabous" and "tatoués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tatouée 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 #47,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.