tâchezvstaclerConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,666
“tâchez” frequency rank
#44,764
“tacler” frequency rank
92430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tâchez tacler
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tâcher. Faire un tacle en sport et en particulier au football : tenter de prendre le ballon entre les pieds de l’adversaire.

Where the eye mixes tâchez and tacler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tâchez and tacler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
tâchez
6 ch
tacler

Visual trap between tâchez and tacler

A purely visual mix-up. tâchez (\tɑ.ʃe\) and tacler (\ta.kle\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tâchez is recorded at frequency rank #47,666, classified as averb, pronounced \tɑ.ʃe\. tacler is at rank #44,764, tagged as averb, pronounced \ta.kle\.

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 92430, this pair ranks #2,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tâchez vs tacler

Shared letters: cet. Private to "tâchez": hzâ. Private to "tacler": alr.

"tâchez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "tacler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tacler ← atcler · taccler · tacelr · taclerr · tacller · taclre · talcer · tcaler

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tâchez" and "tacler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\tɑ.ʃe\ versus \ta.kle\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tâchez" vs "tacler" - which ranks higher?
"tacler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,764 in our French list, against #47,666 for "tâchez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tâchez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tacler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tâchez" and "tacler" 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 #2,998 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