Which to use
“talon” and “taro” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,252
- “talon” frequency rank
- #37,091
- “taro” frequency rank
- 47343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talon | taro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie postérieure du pied. | Tubercule comestible de diverses plantes de la famille des Araceae (Aracées), sauf le taro chinois qui est de la famille des Alismatacées. |
Where the eye mixes talon and taro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. talon runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against taro's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: talon vs taro
A purely visual mix-up. talon (\ta.lɔ̃\) and taro (\ta.ʁo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talon is recorded at frequency rank #10,252, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.lɔ̃\. taro is at rank #37,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ta.ʁo\.
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 47343, this pair ranks #187,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of talon vs taro
Shared letters: aot. Private to "talon": ln. Private to "taro": r.
"talon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "taro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "talon" and "taro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "talon" or "taro" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "talon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "taro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talon" and "taro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taro vs turf". 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 #187,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.