Which to use
“toiles” and “tollé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,937
- “toiles” frequency rank
- #27,264
- “tollé” frequency rank
- 36201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toiles | tollé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de toile. | Cri d’indignation (souvent figuratif). |
Where the eye mixes toiles and tollé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. toiles runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against tollé's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses toiles with tollé
A purely visual mix-up. toiles (\twal\) and tollé (\tɔ.le\) 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 36201, 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\. tollé is at rank #27,264, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.le\.
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 36201, this pair ranks #271,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of toiles vs tollé
Shared letters: lot. Private to "toiles": eis. Private to "tollé": é.
"toiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "tollé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toiles ← otiles · tioles · toiels · toiless · toilles · toilse · tolies · ttoiles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toiles" for "tollé" ever safe?
Which is more common, "toiles" or "tollé"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "toiles" and "tollé" 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 "tollé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toiles" and "tollé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tollé vs tools". 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 #271,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.