Which to use
“tamis” and “tares” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,577
- “tamis” frequency rank
- #43,689
- “tares” frequency rank
- 81266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tamis | tares |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de crible, de sas qui sert à passer des matières pulvérulentes, les liquides troubles, etc. | Pluriel de tare. |
Where the eye mixes tamis and tares
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tamis and tares follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between tamis and tares
A purely visual mix-up. tamis (\ta.mi\) and tares (\taʁ\) 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 81266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tamis is recorded at frequency rank #37,577, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.mi\. tares is at rank #43,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced \taʁ\.
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 81266, this pair ranks #19,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tamis vs tares
Shared letters: ast. Private to "tamis": im. Private to "tares": er.
"tamis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tares" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tamis" and "tares" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tamis" vs "tares" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tamis" and "tares" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tamis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tamis" and "tares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tares vs tories". 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 #19,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.