Which to use
“tiki” and “tilt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,698
- “tiki” frequency rank
- #34,331
- “tilt” frequency rank
- 78029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tiki | tilt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Représentation humaine, sculptée de façon stylisée et assez grossière, que l’on trouve sous forme de statue ou de pendentif, souvent en jade ou en os, en Océanie. | Mécanisme destiné à interrompre une partie de flipper quand le joueur triche en soulevant l'appareil de façon à en modifier l'inclinaison. |
Where the eye mixes tiki and tilt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. tiki (CVCV) and tilt (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses tiki with tilt
A purely visual mix-up. tiki (\ti.ki\) and tilt (\tilt\) 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 78029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tiki is recorded at frequency rank #43,698, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.ki\. tilt is at rank #34,331, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tilt\.
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 78029, this pair ranks #26,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tiki vs tilt
Shared letters: it. Private to "tiki": k. Private to "tilt": l.
"tiki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tilt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tiki" and "tilt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tiki" or "tilt" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tiki" and "tilt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tiki" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tilt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tiki" and "tilt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tiki". 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 #26,816 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.