Which to use
“tisse” and “tisser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,917
- “tisse” frequency rank
- #20,298
- “tisser” frequency rank
- 54215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tisse | tisser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tisser. | Faire de la toile ou d’autres étoffes en croisant ou entrelaçant sur un métier les fils dont elles doivent être composées. |
Where the eye mixes tisse and tisser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tisse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tisser's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tisse vs tisser
A purely visual mix-up. tisse (\tis\) and tisser (\ti.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tisse” sits inside “tisser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tisse is recorded at frequency rank #33,917, classified as averb, pronounced \tis\. tisser is at rank #20,298, tagged as averb, pronounced \ti.se\.
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 54215, this pair ranks #135,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tisse vs tisser
Shared letters: eist. Private to "tisse": -. Private to "tisser": r.
"tisse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tisser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tisse" and "tisser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tisse" or "tisser"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tisser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tisse" and "tisser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tisse vs tissée". 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 #135,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.