Which to use
“taillée” is an adjective and “tailleur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,045
- “taillée” frequency rank
- #13,701
- “tailleur” frequency rank
- 36746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillée | tailleur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de taillé. | Celui qui taille. |
Where the eye mixes taillée and tailleur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. taillée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against tailleur's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses taillée with tailleur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: taillée is \tɑ.je\ while tailleur is \tɑ.jœʁ\. 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 36746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taillée is recorded at frequency rank #23,045, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ.je\. tailleur is at rank #13,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɑ.jœʁ\.
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 36746, this pair ranks #267,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taillée vs tailleur
Shared letters: aeilt. Private to "taillée": é. Private to "tailleur": ru.
"taillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "tailleur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tailleur ← atilleur · tailelur · taileur · tailleru · tailleurr · tailluer · talileur · tialleur
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "taillée" and "tailleur" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "taillée" vs "tailleur" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "taillée" and "tailleur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tailleur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillée" and "tailleur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taillée 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 #267,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.