Which to use
“tage” and “tâter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,573
- “tage” frequency rank
- #36,196
- “tâter” frequency rank
- 75769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tage | tâter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de tagen. | Toucher, manier doucement une chose, pour connaître son état. |
Where the eye mixes tage and tâter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. tage runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tâter's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tage vs tâter
A purely visual mix-up. tage (\ˈtaːɡə\) and tâter (\tɑ.te\) 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 75769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tage is recorded at frequency rank #39,573, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈtaːɡə\. tâter is at rank #36,196, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɑ.te\.
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 75769, this pair ranks #33,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tage vs tâter
Shared letters: et. Private to "tage": ag. Private to "tâter": râ.
"tage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tâter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tage ← atge · taeg · tagge · tgae · ttage
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tage" and "tâter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tage" vs "tâter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tage" and "tâter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tâter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tage" and "tâter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tage vs tak". 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 #33,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.