Which to use
“taillée” and “taillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,045
- “taillée” frequency rank
- #47,638
- “taillis” frequency rank
- 70683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillée | taillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de taillé. | 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 taillée and taillis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. taillée (CVVCCVV) and taillis (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: taillée vs taillis
A purely visual mix-up. taillée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70683, 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\. 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 70683, this pair ranks #50,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taillée vs taillis
Shared letters: ailt. Private to "taillée": eé. Private to "taillis": s.
"taillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "taillis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- taillis ← atillis · tailils · tailis · tailliss · taillsi · talilis · tiallis · ttaillis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taillée" and "taillis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taillée" vs "taillis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillée" 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 #50,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillée" 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 #50,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.