Which to use
“taise” is a verb and “tuile” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,040
- “taise” frequency rank
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- 68821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taise | tuile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de taire. | Carreau de peu d’épaisseur, fait de terre grasse pétrie, séchée et cuite au four, tantôt plat, tantôt courbé en demi-cylindre, et dont on se sert pour couvrir les maisons, les bâtiments. |
Where the eye mixes taise and tuile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. taise and tuile follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between taise and tuile
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: taise is \tɛz\ while tuile is \tɥil\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68821, 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\. tuile is at rank #28,781, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɥil\.
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 68821, this pair ranks #57,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taise vs tuile
Shared letters: eit. Private to "taise": as. Private to "tuile": lu.
"taise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "taise" for "tuile" ever safe?
Frequency check: "taise" vs "tuile" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "taise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taise" and "tuile" 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 #57,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.