Which to use
“tuile” and “tune” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- #22,450
- “tune” frequency rank
- 51231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuile | tune |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Variante orthographique de thune. |
Where the eye mixes tuile and tune
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tuile vs tune
A purely visual mix-up. tuile (\tɥil\) and tune (\tyn\) 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 51231, 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\. tune is at rank #22,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tyn\.
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 51231, this pair ranks #156,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tuile vs tune
Shared letters: etu. Private to "tuile": il. Private to "tune": n.
"tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tune" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tuile" for "tune" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tuile" vs "tune" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tuile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuile" and "tune" 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 #156,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.