Which to use
“tait” is a verb and “til” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,520
- “tait” frequency rank
- #25,835
- “til” frequency rank
- 41355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tait | til |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de taire. | Tilleul. |
Letter map: tait vs til
Shared letters muted; letters that set tait and til apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for tait / til
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tait is averb and tilanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tait is recorded at frequency rank #15,520, classified as averb, pronounced \tɛ\. til is at rank #25,835, tagged as anoun.
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 41355, this pair ranks #233,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tait vs til
Shared letters: it. Private to "tait": a. Private to "til": l.
"tait" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "til" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tait ← atit · taitt · tati · tiat · ttait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tait" for "til" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pair "tait" vs "til" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "til" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tait" and "til" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs til". 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 #233,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.