Which to use
“taise” and “tease” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,040
- “taise” frequency rank
- #25,149
- “tease” frequency rank
- 65189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taise | tease |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de taire. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de teaser. |
Where the eye mixes taise and tease
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. taise and tease follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: taise vs tease
A purely visual mix-up. taise (\tɛz\) and tease (\tiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65189, 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\. tease is at rank #25,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \tiz\.
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 65189, this pair ranks #73,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taise vs tease
Shared letters: aest. Private to "taise": i. Private to "tease": -.
"taise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tease" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "taise" and "tease" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "taise" or "tease"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "taise" and "tease" 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 "tease" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taise" and "tease" 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 #73,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.