Which to use
“tissée” and “tissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,491
- “tissée” frequency rank
- #46,489
- “tissent” frequency rank
- 92980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tissée | tissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe tisser. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tisser. |
Where the eye mixes tissée and tissent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tissée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against tissent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tissée and tissent
A purely visual mix-up. tissée (\ti.se\) and tissent (\tis\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tissée is recorded at frequency rank #46,491, classified as averb, pronounced \ti.se\. tissent is at rank #46,489, tagged as averb, pronounced \tis\.
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 92980, this pair ranks #2,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tissée vs tissent
Shared letters: eist. Private to "tissée": é. Private to "tissent": n.
"tissée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tissent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tissent ← itssent · tisent · tisesnt · tissennt · tissentt · tissetn · tissnet · tsisent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tissée" for "tissent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tissée" vs "tissent" - which ranks higher?
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 "tissée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tissée" and "tissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tissée vs tissés". 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 #2,609 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.