Which to use
“thé” is a noun and “tice” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,575
- “thé” frequency rank
- #45,913
- “tice” frequency rank
- 49488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thé | tice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boisson chaude préparée à partir d’une infusion de feuilles du théier. | En haut de, au sommet de (sans mouvement). |
Where the eye mixes thé and tice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: thé vs tice
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: thé is \te\ while tice is \ˈtiʃɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thé is recorded at frequency rank #3,575, classified as anoun, pronounced \te\. tice is at rank #45,913, tagged as aprep, pronounced \ˈtiʃɛ\.
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 49488, this pair ranks #170,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of thé vs tice
Shared letters: t. Private to "thé": hé. Private to "tice": cei.
"thé" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "tice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tice ← itce · tcie · ticce · tiec · ttice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "thé" for "tice" ever safe?
Frequency check: "thé" vs "tice" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "thé" and "tice" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "thé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thé" and "tice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tice vs tif". 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 #170,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.