Which to use
“taillées” is an adjective and “tailler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,209
- “taillées” frequency rank
- #12,873
- “tailler” frequency rank
- 45082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillées | tailler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de taillé. | Couper, retrancher d’une matière, en ôter avec le marteau, le ciseau, ou tout autre instrument, ce qu’il y a de superflu, pour lui donner une certaine forme, pour la rendre propre à tel ou tel usage. |
Same sound, different letters: taillées vs tailler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. taillées runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against tailler's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: taillées vs tailler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: taillées and tailler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tɑ.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taillées is recorded at frequency rank #32,209, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ.je\. tailler is at rank #12,873, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɑ.je\.
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 45082, this pair ranks #205,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taillées vs tailler
Shared letters: aeilt. Private to "taillées": sé. Private to "tailler": r.
"taillées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tailler" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tailler ← atiller · tailelr · tailer · taillerr · taillre · taliler · tialler · ttailler
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taillées" and "tailler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taillées" vs "tailler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tailler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillées" and "tailler" 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 #205,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.