Which to use
“têtue” and “tutu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,667
- “têtue” frequency rank
- #36,195
- “tutu” frequency rank
- 78862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | têtue | tutu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme obstinée. | Cul, derrière, fesses. |
Where the eye mixes têtue and tutu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. têtue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against tutu's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between têtue and tutu
A purely visual mix-up. têtue (\tɛ.ty\) and tutu (\ty.ty\) 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 78862, 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\. tutu is at rank #36,195, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ty.ty\.
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 78862, this pair ranks #24,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of têtue vs tutu
Shared letters: tu. Private to "têtue": eê. Private to "tutu": -.
"têtue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tutu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tutu ← ttutu · ttuu · tuttu · tuut · uttu
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "têtue" for "tutu" ever safe?
Which is more common, "têtue" or "tutu"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "têtue" and "tutu" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "têtue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tutu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "têtue" and "tutu" 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 #24,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.