Which to use
“tollé” and “tuile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,264
- “tollé” frequency rank
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- 56045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tollé | tuile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cri d’indignation (souvent figuratif). | 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 tollé and tuile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. tollé (\tɔ.le\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tollé is recorded at frequency rank #27,264, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.le\. 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 56045, this pair ranks #123,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tollé vs tuile
Shared letters: lt. Private to "tollé": oé. Private to "tuile": eiu.
"tollé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tuile ← tiule · ttuile · tuiel · tuille · tulie