tailléesvstaillisWhat's the difference?

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“taillées” and “taillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,209
“taillées” frequency rank
#47,638
“taillis” frequency rank
79847
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taillées taillis
Definition Féminin pluriel 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 taillées and taillis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. taillées runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against taillis's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
taillées
7 ch
taillis

Visual trap between taillées and taillis

A purely visual mix-up. taillées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79847, 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\. 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 79847, this pair ranks #22,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of taillées vs taillis

Shared letters: ailst. Private to "taillées": eé. Private to "taillis": -.

"taillées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC  ·  "taillis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taillis ← atillis · tailils · tailis · tailliss · taillsi · talilis · tiallis · ttaillis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taillées" and "taillis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\tɑ.je\ versus \tɑ.ji\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "taillées" or "taillis"?
"taillées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,209 in our French list, against #47,638 for "taillis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "taillées" and "taillis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "taillées" 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 #22,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taillées" and "taillis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taillés 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 #22,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list