Which to use
“tôles” and “tuiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,633
- “tôles” frequency rank
- #13,289
- “tuiles” frequency rank
- 49922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tôles | tuiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de tôle. | Pluriel de tuile. |
Where the eye mixes tôles and tuiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tôles runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against tuiles's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tôles vs tuiles
A purely visual mix-up. tôles (\tol\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tôles is recorded at frequency rank #36,633, classified as anoun, pronounced \tol\. 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 49922, this pair ranks #166,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tôles vs tuiles
Shared letters: elst. Private to "tôles": ô. Private to "tuiles": iu.
"tôles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tuiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tuiles ← tiules · ttuiles · tuiels · tuiless · tuilles · tuilse · tulies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tôles" and "tuiles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "tôles" or "tuiles" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tôles" and "tuiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tôles" 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 #166,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tôles" and "tuiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tôles vs trônes". 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 #166,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.