Which to use
“tuée” is a noun and “tuer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,933
- “tuée” frequency rank
- #1,426
- “tuer” frequency rank
- 11359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuée | tuer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme tuée. | Ôter la vie d’une manière violente ; ne se dit pas quand il s’agit d'une euthanasie, ni à la forme pronominale dans le cas d’une mort accidentelle par noyade, étouffement ou empoisonnement : on emploie alors se noyer, s’étouffer, s’empoisonner. |
Same sound, different letters: tuée vs tuer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tuée / tuer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tuée and tuer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tɥe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tuée is recorded at frequency rank #9,933, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɥe\. tuer is at rank #1,426, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɥe\.
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 11359, this pair ranks #409,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tuée vs tuer
Shared letters: etu. Private to "tuée": é. Private to "tuer": r.
"tuée" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "tuer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tuer ← teur · ttuer · tuerr · ture · uter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tuée" and "tuer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tuée" or "tuer"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "tuée" / "tuer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tuée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuée" and "tuer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuée vs turf". 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 #409,454 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.