Which to use
“taillé” and “taillée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,046
- “taillé” frequency rank
- #23,045
- “taillée” frequency rank
- 38091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillé | taillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait, proportionné. | Féminin singulier de taillé. |
Same sound, different letters: taillé vs taillée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. taillé runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against taillée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - taillé and taillée
This is the hard kind. taillé and taillée are pronounced identically (\tɑ.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “taillé” sits inside “taillée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taillé is recorded at frequency rank #15,046, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ.je\. taillée is at rank #23,045, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɑ.je\.
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 38091, this pair ranks #257,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taillé vs taillée
Shared letters: ailté. Private to "taillé": -. Private to "taillée": e.
"taillé" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "taillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "taillé" for "taillée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "taillé" vs "taillée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "taillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillé" and "taillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taillée vs taillis". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #257,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.