Which to use
“têtue” and “tuque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,667
- “têtue” frequency rank
- #32,631
- “tuque” frequency rank
- 75298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | têtue | tuque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme obstinée. | Tente ou abri qu’on élevait quelquefois à l’avant, plus souvent à l’arrière, sur la dunette. |
Where the eye mixes têtue and tuque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. têtue and tuque follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: têtue vs tuque
A purely visual mix-up. têtue (\tɛ.ty\) and tuque (\tyk\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75298, 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\. tuque is at rank #32,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tyk\.
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 75298, this pair ranks #34,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of têtue vs tuque
Shared letters: etu. Private to "têtue": ê. Private to "tuque": q.
"têtue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tuque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tuque ← tquue · ttuque · tuqeu · tuqque · tuuqe · utque
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "têtue" for "tuque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "têtue" vs "tuque" - which ranks higher?
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 "tuque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "têtue" and "tuque" 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 #34,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.