Which to use
“tisser” and “tissés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,298
- “tisser” frequency rank
- #44,226
- “tissés” frequency rank
- 64524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tisser | tissés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire de la toile ou d’autres étoffes en croisant ou entrelaçant sur un métier les fils dont elles doivent être composées. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe tisser. |
Same sound, different letters: tisser vs tissés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. tisser and tissés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tisser / tissés
This is the hard kind. tisser and tissés are pronounced identically (\ti.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tisser is recorded at frequency rank #20,298, classified as averb, pronounced \ti.se\. 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 64524, this pair ranks #76,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tisser vs tissés
Shared letters: ist. Private to "tisser": er. Private to "tissés": é.
"tisser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tissés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tisser ← itsser · tiser · tisesr · tisserr · tissre · tsiser · ttisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tisser" and "tissés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tisser" or "tissés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tisser" / "tissés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tisser" 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 #76,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tisser" and "tissés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tissés vs titrés". 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 #76,644 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.