taisevstaréConfusable pair

Quick tell: taise is a verb, taré is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“taise” is a verb and “taré” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,040
“taise” frequency rank
#15,521
“taré” frequency rank
55561
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taise taré
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de taire. Qui a été comparé à une référence.

Where the eye mixes taise and taré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
taise
4 ch
taré

Visual trap between taise and taré

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: taise is \tɛz\ while taré is \ta.ʁe\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55561, 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\. taré is at rank #15,521, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ta.ʁe\.

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 55561, this pair ranks #126,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of taise vs taré

Shared letters: at. Private to "taise": eis. Private to "taré": .

"taise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "taré" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taisetaies · taisse · tasie · tiase · ttaise

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taise" and "taré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "taise" is a verb and "taré" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "taise" or "taré" show up more?
"taré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,521 in our French list, against #40,040 for "taise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "taise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "taré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taise" and "taré" 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 #126,691 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