Which to use
“tilt” and “tôle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,331
- “tilt” frequency rank
- #16,762
- “tôle” frequency rank
- 51093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tilt | tôle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mécanisme destiné à interrompre une partie de flipper quand le joueur triche en soulevant l'appareil de façon à en modifier l'inclinaison. | Plaque de métal laminé, de fine épaisseur utilisé pour la construction, l’automobile, l’aéronautique. |
Where the eye mixes tilt and tôle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tilt vs tôle
A purely visual mix-up. tilt (\tilt\) and tôle (\tol\) 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 51093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tilt is recorded at frequency rank #34,331, classified as anoun, pronounced \tilt\. tôle is at rank #16,762, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tol\.
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 51093, this pair ranks #157,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tilt vs tôle
Shared letters: lt. Private to "tilt": i. Private to "tôle": eô.
"tilt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tôle" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tilt ← itlt · tillt · tiltt · titl · tlit · ttilt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tilt" for "tôle" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tilt" or "tôle" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tilt" and "tôle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tôle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tilt" and "tôle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tilt". 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 #157,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.