taillévstelleWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“taillé” and “telle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,046
“taillé” frequency rank
#988
“telle” frequency rank
16034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taillé telle
Definition Fait, proportionné. Féminin singulier de tel.

Where the eye mixes taillé and telle

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
taillé
5 ch
telle

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. taillé (\tɑ.je\) and telle (\tɛl\) 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 16034, 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\. telle is at rank #988, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɛl\.

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 16034, this pair ranks #389,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of taillé vs telle

Shared letters: lt. Private to "taillé": aié. Private to "telle": e.

"taillé" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "telle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • telleetlle · telel · tlele · ttelle

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "taillé" and "telle" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tɑ.je\ versus \tɛl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "taillé" or "telle"?
"telle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #988 in our French list, against #15,046 for "taillé". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list