Which to use
“taise” and “taisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,040
- “taise” frequency rank
- #31,276
- “taisent” frequency rank
- 71316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taise | taisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de taire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de taire. |
Same sound, different letters: taise vs taisent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. taise runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against taisent's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: taise vs taisent
This is the hard kind. taise and taisent are pronounced identically (\tɛz\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “taise” sits inside “taisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taise is recorded at frequency rank #40,040, classified as averb, pronounced \tɛz\. taisent is at rank #31,276, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɛz\.
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 71316, this pair ranks #47,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taise vs taisent
Shared letters: aeist. Private to "taise": -. Private to "taisent": n.
"taise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "taisent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "taise" for "taisent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "taise" or "taisent"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "taise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "taisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taise" and "taisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taise vs tice". 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 #47,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.