Which to use
“tatouer” is a verb and “tatoués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,634
- “tatouer” frequency rank
- #49,391
- “tatoués” frequency rank
- 77025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tatouer | tatoués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marquer la peau de dessins en introduisant de la couleur sous l’épiderme au moyen d’une pointe. | Masculin pluriel de tatoué. |
Same sound, different letters: tatouer vs tatoués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tatouer and tatoués follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: tatouer vs tatoués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tatouer and tatoués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ta.twe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tatouer is recorded at frequency rank #27,634, classified as averb, pronounced \ta.twe\. tatoués is at rank #49,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ta.twe\.
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 77025, this pair ranks #29,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tatouer vs tatoués
Shared letters: aotu. Private to "tatouer": er. Private to "tatoués": sé.
"tatouer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "tatoués" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tatouer ← attouer · taotuer · tatoeur · tatouerr · tatoure · tattouer · tatuoer · ttaouer
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tatouer" / "tatoués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tatouer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tatoués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tatouer" and "tatoués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tatouée vs tatoués". 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 #29,508 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.