Which to use
“titus” and “tutos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,395
- “titus” frequency rank
- #25,846
- “tutos” frequency rank
- 49241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | titus | tutos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coiffure à la Titus, coiffure adoptée en 1792 en France où les cheveux sont courts, avec de petites mèches aplaties appliquées sur la tête ; ainsi dite parce qu’elle est imitée de la coiffure des bustes et statues de l’empereur Titus. | Pluriel de tuto. |
Where the eye mixes titus and tutos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. titus and tutos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between titus and tutos
A purely visual mix-up. titus (\ti.tys\) and tutos (\ty.to\) 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 49241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
titus is recorded at frequency rank #23,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.tys\. tutos is at rank #25,846, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ty.to\.
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 49241, this pair ranks #172,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of titus vs tutos
Shared letters: stu. Private to "titus": i. Private to "tutos": o.
"titus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tutos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "titus" for "tutos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "titus" vs "tutos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "titus" and "tutos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "titus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tutos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "titus" and "tutos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tos vs tutos". 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 #172,246 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.