Togolese
"togolese" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Togolese” is uncommon English (frequency #85,862 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,862
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-togolese · Togolese · English
Togolese · rank #85,862 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,862
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH toft
Nearest frequency peer: toft (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Togolese”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tinkler
tinkler
14,141 corpus weight
- toft
toft
14,140 corpus weight
- Togolese
Togolese
14,139 corpus weight
- tonsillecto…
tonsillectomy
14,138 corpus weight
- tooltip
tooltip
14,137 corpus weight
- Toombs
Toombs
14,136 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Togolese” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Togolese |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Togolese” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Togolese is uncommon English at frequency #85,862 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Togolese, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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 Chic… The correct English form is Togolese, spelled T-O-G-O-L-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.