Which to use
“tuée” and “tuile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,933
- “tuée” frequency rank
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- 38714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuée | tuile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme tuée. | 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 tuée and tuile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between tuée and tuile
A purely visual mix-up. tuée (\tɥe\) 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 38714, 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\. 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 38714, this pair ranks #253,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tuée vs tuile
Shared letters: etu. Private to "tuée": é. Private to "tuile": il.
"tuée" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tuile ← tiule · ttuile · tuiel · tuille · tulie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tuée" for "tuile" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tuée" vs "tuile" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tuée" 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 #253,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuée" 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 #253,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.