Which to use
“tissent” and “tissés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,489
- “tissent” frequency rank
- #44,226
- “tissés” frequency rank
- 90715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tissent | tissés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tisser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe tisser. |
Where the eye mixes tissent and tissés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tissent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against tissés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tissent vs tissés
A purely visual mix-up. tissent (\tis\) and tissés (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tissent is recorded at frequency rank #46,489, classified as averb, pronounced \tis\. tissés is at rank #44,226, 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 90715, this pair ranks #4,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tissent vs tissés
Shared letters: ist. Private to "tissent": en. Private to "tissés": é.
"tissent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "tissés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tissent ← itssent · tisent · tisesnt · tissennt · tissentt · tissetn · tissnet · tsisent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tissent" and "tissés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tissent" or "tissés"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tissent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tissés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tissent" and "tissés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tissée vs tissent". 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 #4,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.