Which to use
“til” is a noun and “Tilly” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,835
- “til” frequency rank
- #32,218
- “Tilly” frequency rank
- 58053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | til | Tilly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tilleul. | Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure. |
Letter map: til vs Tilly
Shared letters muted; letters that set til and Tilly apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. til runs 3 letters (CVC) against Tilly's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: til vs Tilly
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: til is anoun and Tillyaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “til” sits inside “Tilly”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
til is recorded at frequency rank #25,835, classified as anoun. Tilly is at rank #32,218, tagged as aname, pronounced \ti.li\.
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 58053, this pair ranks #111,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of til vs Tilly
Shared letters: ilt. Private to "til": -. Private to "Tilly": y.
"til" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Tilly" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Tilly ← itlly · tillyy · tily · tilyl · tlily · ttilly
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "til" for "Tilly" ever safe?
Which is more common, "til" or "Tilly"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "til" and "Tilly".
- Full dictionary entry for "til" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tilly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "til" and "Tilly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tall vs Tilly". 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 #111,345 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.