Which to use
“tuile” and “tuiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- #13,289
- “tuiles” frequency rank
- 42070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuile | tuiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de tuile. |
Same sound, different letters: tuile vs tuiles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tuile runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against tuiles's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tuile / tuiles
This is the hard kind. tuile and tuiles are pronounced identically (\tɥil\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tuile” sits inside “tuiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tuile is recorded at frequency rank #28,781, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɥil\. 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 42070, this pair ranks #228,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tuile vs tuiles
Shared letters: eiltu. Private to "tuile": -. Private to "tuiles": s.
"tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tuiles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tuile" and "tuiles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tuile" or "tuiles"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tuile" 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 #228,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuile" and "tuiles" 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 #228,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.