Which to use
“toiles” and “tuile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,937
- “toiles” frequency rank
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- 37718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toiles | tuile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de toile. | Carreau de peu d’épaisseur, fait de terre grasse pétrie, séchée et cuite au four, tantôt plat, tantôt courbé en demi-cylindre, et dont on se sert pour couvrir les maisons, les bâtiments. |
Where the eye mixes toiles and tuile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. toiles runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against tuile's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: toiles vs tuile
A purely visual mix-up. toiles (\twal\) and tuile (\tɥil\) 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 37718, 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\. tuile is at rank #28,781, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɥil\.
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 37718, this pair ranks #260,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of toiles vs tuile
Shared letters: eilt. Private to "toiles": os. Private to "tuile": u.
"toiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "toiles" and "tuile" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "toiles" vs "tuile" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "toiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toiles" and "tuile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tice vs tuile". 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 #260,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.