Which to use
“till” and “time” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,617
- “till” frequency rank
- #4,194
- “time” frequency rank
- 40811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | till | time |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Graine oléagineuse venant de l’Inde. | Temps. |
Letter map: till vs time
Shared letters muted; letters that set till and time apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & dictionary notes on till vs time
till and time are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
till is recorded at frequency rank #36,617, classified as anoun, pronounced \til\. time is at rank #4,194, tagged as anoun.
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 40811, this pair ranks #237,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of till vs time
Shared letters: it. Private to "till": l. Private to "time": em.
"till" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "time" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "till" and "time" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "till" or "time" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "till" and "time". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "till" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "time" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "till" and "time" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs till". 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 #237,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.