Which to use
“tage” and “tease” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,573
- “tage” frequency rank
- #25,149
- “tease” frequency rank
- 64722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tage | tease |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de tagen. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de teaser. |
Where the eye mixes tage and tease
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tage runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tease's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tage and tease
A purely visual mix-up. tage (\ˈtaːɡə\) and tease (\tiz\) 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 64722, 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\. tease is at rank #25,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \tiz\.
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 64722, this pair ranks #75,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tage vs tease
Shared letters: aet. Private to "tage": g. Private to "tease": s.
"tage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tease" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tage" and "tease" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tage" vs "tease" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tage" and "tease" 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 "tease" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tage" and "tease" 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 #75,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.