Which to use
“talus” and “tôles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,508
- “talus” frequency rank
- #36,633
- “tôles” frequency rank
- 62141
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talus | tôles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pente, inclinaison. | Pluriel de tôle. |
Where the eye mixes talus and tôles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. talus and tôles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: talus vs tôles
A purely visual mix-up. talus (\ta.ly\) and tôles (\tol\) 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 62141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talus is recorded at frequency rank #25,508, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.ly\. tôles is at rank #36,633, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tol\.
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 62141, this pair ranks #88,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of talus vs tôles
Shared letters: lst. Private to "talus": au. Private to "tôles": eô.
"talus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tôles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- talus ← atlus · tallus · talsu · taluss · tauls · tlaus · ttalus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "talus" and "tôles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "talus" or "tôles" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "talus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tôles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talus" and "tôles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tôles vs trônes". 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 #88,635 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.