Which to use
“taillées” is an adjective and “tailleurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,209
- “taillées” frequency rank
- #30,834
- “tailleurs” frequency rank
- 63043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillées | tailleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de taillé. | Pluriel de tailleur. |
Where the eye mixes taillées and tailleurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. taillées runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against tailleurs's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between taillées and tailleurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: taillées is \tɑ.je\ while tailleurs 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 63043, 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\. tailleurs is at rank #30,834, 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 63043, this pair ranks #83,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taillées vs tailleurs
Shared letters: aeilst. Private to "taillées": é. Private to "tailleurs": ru.
"taillées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tailleurs" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tailleurs ← atilleurs · tailelurs · taileurs · taillerus · tailleurrs · tailleurss · tailleusr · tailluers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taillées" and "tailleurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taillées" vs "tailleurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tailleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillées" and "tailleurs" 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 #83,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.