Which to use
“taxer” is a verb and “taxés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,287
- “taxer” frequency rank
- #28,772
- “taxés” frequency rank
- 46059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taxer | taxés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Régler, fixer le prix des denrées, des marchandises, de quelque autre chose que ce soit. | Masculin pluriel de taxé. |
Same sound, different letters: taxer vs taxés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: taxer vs taxés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: taxer and taxés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ta.kse\. 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 46059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taxer is recorded at frequency rank #17,287, classified as averb, pronounced \ta.kse\. taxés is at rank #28,772, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tak.se\.
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 46059, this pair ranks #197,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taxer vs taxés
Shared letters: atx. Private to "taxer": er. Private to "taxés": sé.
"taxer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "taxés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- taxer ← atxer · taexr · taxerr · taxre · taxxer · ttaxer · txaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taxer" and "taxés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taxer" vs "taxés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "taxer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "taxés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taxer" and "taxés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taxées vs taxés". 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 #197,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.