Which to use
“télés” and “terms” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,420
- “télés” frequency rank
- #47,644
- “terms” frequency rank
- 72064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | télés | terms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de télé. | Pluriel de term. |
Where the eye mixes télés and terms
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. télés (CVCVC) and terms (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses télés with terms
A purely visual mix-up. télés (\te.le\) and terms ([tɝmz]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
télés is recorded at frequency rank #24,420, classified as anoun, pronounced \te.le\. terms is at rank #47,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tɝmz].
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 72064, this pair ranks #45,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of télés vs terms
Shared letters: st. Private to "télés": lé. Private to "terms": emr.
"télés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "terms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- terms ← etrms · temrs · termms · termss · terrms · tersm · trems · tterms
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "télés" for "terms" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "télés" or "terms" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "télés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "télés" and "terms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terms vs thermos". 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 #45,344 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.