Which to use
“têtue” and “teuf” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,667
- “têtue” frequency rank
- #34,327
- “teuf” frequency rank
- 76994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | têtue | teuf |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme obstinée. | Fête. |
Where the eye mixes têtue and teuf
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. têtue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against teuf's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between têtue and teuf
A purely visual mix-up. têtue (\tɛ.ty\) and teuf (\tœf\) 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 76994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
têtue is recorded at frequency rank #42,667, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛ.ty\. teuf is at rank #34,327, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tœf\.
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 76994, this pair ranks #29,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of têtue vs teuf
Shared letters: etu. Private to "têtue": ê. Private to "teuf": f.
"têtue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "teuf" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- teuf ← etuf · tefu · teuff · tteuf · tuef
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "têtue" and "teuf" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "têtue" or "teuf" show up more?
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 "têtue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "teuf" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "têtue" and "teuf" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ténue vs têtue". 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 #29,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.