Which to use
“toiles” and “toits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,937
- “toiles” frequency rank
- #10,420
- “toits” frequency rank
- 19357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toiles | toits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de toile. | Pluriel de toit. |
Where the eye mixes toiles and toits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. toiles runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against toits's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between toiles and toits
A purely visual mix-up. toiles (\twal\) and toits (\twa\) 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 19357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toiles is recorded at frequency rank #8,937, classified as anoun, pronounced \twal\. toits is at rank #10,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced \twa\.
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 19357, this pair ranks #373,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of toiles vs toits
Shared letters: iost. Private to "toiles": el. Private to "toits": -.
"toiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "toits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toiles" for "toits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "toiles" vs "toits" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "toiles" and "toits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "toiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toiles" and "toits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toits vs trips". 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 #373,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.