Which to use
“taillés” is an adjective and “tailleurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,632
- “taillés” frequency rank
- #30,834
- “tailleurs” frequency rank
- 58466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taillés | tailleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de taillé. | Pluriel de tailleur. |
Where the eye mixes taillés and tailleurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. taillés runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against tailleurs's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between taillés and tailleurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: taillés is \tɑ.je\ while tailleurs is \tɑ.jœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 58466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taillés is recorded at frequency rank #27,632, 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 58466, this pair ranks #108,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taillés vs tailleurs
Shared letters: ailst. Private to "taillés": é. Private to "tailleurs": eru.
"taillés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "tailleurs" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tailleurs ← atilleurs · tailelurs · taileurs · taillerus · tailleurrs · tailleurss · tailleusr · tailluers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taillés" and "tailleurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taillés" vs "tailleurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "taillés" and "tailleurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "taillés" 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 #108,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taillés" and "tailleurs" 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 #108,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.