Which to use
“tuées” is an adjective and “tuiles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,927
- “tuées” frequency rank
- #13,289
- “tuiles” frequency rank
- 27216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuées | tuiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tué. | Pluriel de tuile. |
Where the eye mixes tuées and tuiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tuées runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against tuiles's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tuées vs tuiles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tuées is \tɥe\ while tuiles is \tɥil\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tuées is recorded at frequency rank #13,927, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɥe\. 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 27216, this pair ranks #330,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tuées vs tuiles
Shared letters: estu. Private to "tuées": é. Private to "tuiles": il.
"tuées" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "tuiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tuiles ← tiules · ttuiles · tuiels · tuiless · tuilles · tuilse · tulies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tuées" for "tuiles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tuées" vs "tuiles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tuées" 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 #330,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuées" and "tuiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taxées vs tuées". 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 #330,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.