Which to use
“teintures” and “toitures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,037
- “teintures” frequency rank
- #24,057
- “toitures” frequency rank
- 65094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | teintures | toitures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de teinture. | Pluriel de toiture. |
Where the eye mixes teintures and toitures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. teintures runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCVC) against toitures's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses teintures with toitures
A purely visual mix-up. teintures (\tɛ̃.tyʁ\) and toitures (\twa.tyʁ\) 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 65094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
teintures is recorded at frequency rank #41,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛ̃.tyʁ\. toitures is at rank #24,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced \twa.tyʁ\.
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 65094, this pair ranks #73,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of teintures vs toitures
Shared letters: eirstu. Private to "teintures": n. Private to "toitures": o.
"teintures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC · "toitures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "teintures" and "toitures" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "teintures" or "toitures"?
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 "teintures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toitures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "teintures" and "toitures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teintées vs teintures". 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 #73,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.