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Togolese

To·go·lese/ˌtoʊ.ɡəˈliz/adjective, noun

Togolese is spelled T-O-G-O-L-E-S-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (To·go·lese). It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Togolese means “Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Togolese?

Letters8: T-O-G-O-L-E-S-E
Syllables3: To·go·lese
In writingabout once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is Togolese?

Togolese appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Togolese?

  • UK /ˌtəʊ.ɡəˈliːz/
  • US /ˌtoʊ.ɡəˈliz/

Togolese has 3 syllables, split To·go·lese in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-Togolese.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with Togolese?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Togolese from its last stressed vowel (/iz/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

What does Togolese mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.

noun

  1. 1

    A person from Togo or of Togolese descent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Togolese in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtogolais, togolaise (Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people), Togolais, Togolaise (A person from Togo or of Togolese descent)
Germantogoisch, togolesisch (Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people), Togoer, Togoerin, Togolese, Togolesin (A person from Togo or of Togolese descent)
Portuguesetogolês (Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people)
Spanishtogolés (Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people), togolesa (A person from Togo or of Togolese descent)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Togolese come from?

From French togolais, equivalent to Togo + -ese. The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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