tous

[tus]

/[tus]/ pron

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The verdict

“tous” is uncommon German (frequency #50,110 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,110
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alle

Corpus desk

Index DE-tous · tous · German

tous · rank #50,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,110
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tories

Nearest frequency peer: Tories (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „tous“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „tous“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tous
PropertyValue
Headwordtous
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[tus]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tous“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).tousfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tories“ (#50,109), „transatlantischen“ (#50,111), „Topp“ (#50,108). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tous“ bei #50,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tous is uncommon German at frequency #50,110 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [tus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alle".

tous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is tous, spelled T-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    alle

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tous sont venus.

This word in other languages

everybody(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tous"?
"tous" is spelled T-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [tus].
What does "tous" mean?
As a pronoun, "tous" means: alle
How do you pronounce "tous"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tous" is [tus]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tous" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Topp#50,108tong#50,106Trog#50,115Tune#50,116

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list