Which to use
“taillé” is an adjective and “toile” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,046
- “taillé” frequency rank
- #3,299
- “toile” frequency rank
- 18345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillé | toile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait, proportionné. | Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc. |
Where the eye mixes taillé and toile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: taillé is \tɑ.je\ while toile is \twal\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18345, 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\. toile is at rank #3,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \twal\.
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 18345, this pair ranks #378,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of taillé vs toile
Shared letters: ilt. Private to "taillé": aé. Private to "toile": eo.
"taillé" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "toile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toile ← otile · tiole · toiel · toille · tolie · ttoile