Which to use
“tache” and “tante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,314
- “tache” frequency rank
- #5,194
- “tante” frequency rank
- 13508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tache | tante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Souillure sur quelque chose ; marque qui salit. | Sœur de l’un des deux parents. |
Where the eye mixes tache and tante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tache and tante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tache vs tante
A purely visual mix-up. tache (\taʃ\) and tante (\tɑ̃t\) 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 13508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tache is recorded at frequency rank #8,314, classified as anoun, pronounced \taʃ\. tante is at rank #5,194, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃t\.
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 13508, this pair ranks #400,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tache vs tante
Shared letters: aet. Private to "tache": ch. Private to "tante": n.
"tache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tache" and "tante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tache" or "tante"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tache" and "tante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tache vs teach". 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 #400,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.