tout le monde

pron

"tout-le-monde" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tout le monde” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-tout-le-monde · tout le monde · English

tout le monde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for tout le monde
PropertyValue
Headwordtout le monde
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPronoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “tout le monde” in English

tout le mondesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tout le monde is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "everyone, everybody".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tout le monde, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French tout le monde. The correct English form is tout le monde, spelled T-O-U-T- -L-E- -M-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    everyone, everybody

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. And when the aura of sports reaches the stratospheric level of a Michael Jordan, tout le monde takes notice.
  2. What's the sample here - a dozen people, a thousand, a million, tout le monde?

Etymology

Borrowed from French tout le monde.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tout le monde"?
"tout le monde" is spelled T-O-U-T- -L-E- -M-O-N-D-E.
What does "tout le monde" mean?
As a pronoun, "tout le monde" means: everyone, everybody
What is the origin of the word "tout le monde"?
Borrowed from French tout le monde. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list