Which to use
“taillé” and “taillées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,046
- “taillé” frequency rank
- #32,209
- “taillées” frequency rank
- 47255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillé | taillées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait, proportionné. | Féminin pluriel de taillé. |
Same sound, different letters: taillé vs taillées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. taillé runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against taillées's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - taillé and taillées
This is the hard kind. taillé and taillées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “taillé” sits inside “taillées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47255, 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\. taillées is at rank #32,209, 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 47255, this pair ranks #188,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taillé vs taillées
Shared letters: ailté. Private to "taillé": -. Private to "taillées": es.
"taillé" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "taillées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "taillé" and "taillées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "taillé" or "taillées" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "taillées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillé" and "taillées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taillées vs taillis". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #188,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.