Which to use
“taillé” and “taillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,046
- “taillé” frequency rank
- #47,638
- “taillis” frequency rank
- 62684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillé | taillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait, proportionné. | L’adjectif n’est usité que dans la locution « bois taillis », le bois que l’on taille, que l’on coupe de temps en temps. |
Where the eye mixes taillé and taillis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. taillé runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against taillis's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between taillé and taillis
A purely visual mix-up. taillé (\tɑ.je\) and taillis (\tɑ.ji\) 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 62684, 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\. taillis is at rank #47,638, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɑ.ji\.
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 62684, this pair ranks #85,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taillé vs taillis
Shared letters: ailt. Private to "taillé": é. Private to "taillis": s.
"taillé" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "taillis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- taillis ← atillis · tailils · tailis · tailliss · taillsi · talilis · tiallis · ttaillis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taillé" and "taillis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taillé" vs "taillis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "taillé" and "taillis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "taillis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillé" and "taillis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taillées vs taillis". 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 #85,866 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.