Which to use
“tuile” and “tuque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,781
- “tuile” frequency rank
- #32,631
- “tuque” frequency rank
- 61412
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuile | tuque |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Tente ou abri qu’on élevait quelquefois à l’avant, plus souvent à l’arrière, sur la dunette. |
Where the eye mixes tuile and tuque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tuile (CVVCV) and tuque (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses tuile with tuque
A purely visual mix-up. tuile (\tɥil\) and tuque (\tyk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61412, 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\. tuque is at rank #32,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tyk\.
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 61412, this pair ranks #92,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tuile vs tuque
Shared letters: etu. Private to "tuile": il. Private to "tuque": q.
"tuile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tuque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tuile" for "tuque" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tuile" or "tuque"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tuile" and "tuque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tuile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuile" and "tuque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ténue vs tuque". 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 #92,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.