Which to use
“toiles” and “tuiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,937
- “toiles” frequency rank
- #13,289
- “tuiles” frequency rank
- 22226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toiles | tuiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de toile. | Pluriel de tuile. |
Where the eye mixes toiles and tuiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. toiles and tuiles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between toiles and tuiles
A purely visual mix-up. toiles (\twal\) and tuiles (\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 a single letter - o in “toiles” becomes u in “tuiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22226, 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\. tuiles is at rank #13,289, 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 22226, this pair ranks #359,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of toiles vs tuiles
Shared letters: eilst. Private to "toiles": o. Private to "tuiles": u.
"toiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "tuiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toiles" for "tuiles" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "toiles" or "tuiles" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "toiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toiles" and "tuiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "triplés vs tuiles". 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 #359,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.