Français homophones

thou/too/tous/tout/touts/toux/two

"thou" is a noun; "too" is an adverb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #10 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "thou" arrives as a noun, while "too" is an adverb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

No shared spelling stem: "thou" is 4 letters, "too" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "thou" is 4 letters, "tous" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "thou" is 4 letters, "tout" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "thou" is 4 letters, "touts" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "thou" is 4 letters, "toux" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "thou" is 4 letters, "two" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "to" then splits - "too" (3 letters) vs "tous" (4).
Shared stem "to" then splits - "too" (3 letters) vs "tout" (4).
Shared stem "to" then splits - "too" (3 letters) vs "touts" (5).
Shared stem "to" then splits - "too" (3 letters) vs "toux" (4).
No shared spelling stem: "too" is 3 letters, "two" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Single-letter fork: "tous" keeps s, "tout" writes t at letter 4.
Shared stem "tou" then splits - "tous" (4 letters) vs "touts" (5).
Single-letter fork: "tous" keeps s, "toux" writes x at letter 4.
No shared spelling stem: "tous" is 4 letters, "two" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "tout" then splits - "tout" (4 letters) vs "touts" (5).
Single-letter fork: "tout" keeps t, "toux" writes x at letter 4.
No shared spelling stem: "tout" is 4 letters, "two" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "tou" then splits - "touts" (5 letters) vs "toux" (4).
No shared spelling stem: "touts" is 5 letters, "two" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "toux" is 4 letters, "two" is 3; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across thou, too, tous, tout, touts, toux, two: ot. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

thou
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVV
Inventory hotu · private hu
too
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory ot · no private letters vs siblings
tous
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory ostu · private su
tout
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory otu · private u
touts
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC
Inventory ostu · private su
toux
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory otux · private ux
two
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCV
Inventory otw · private w

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "thou" when you mean: Écluse en pierre ou en béton permettant de vider lentement les étangs de la Dombes dans l'Ain.
Write "too" when you mean: Aussi, également.
Write "tous" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de tout.
Write "tout" when you mean: Qui comprend l’intégrité, l’entièreté, la totalité d’une chose considérée par rapport au nombre, à l’étendue ou à l’intensité de l’énergie.
Write "touts" when you mean: Pluriel de tout.
Write "toux" when you mean: Expiration spasmodique et bruyante de l’air, accompagnée d’un mouvement convulsif du larynx et de la trachée-artère.
Write "two" when you mean: (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 2.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

thou ← htou · thhou · thuo · tohu · tthou
tous ← otus · tosu · touss · ttous · tuos
tout ← otut · totu · toutt · ttout · tuot
touts ← otuts · totus · toust · toutss · toutts · ttouts
toux ← otux · touxx · toxu · ttoux · tuox

Each spelling

thou

noun · /\tu\/ · #44,777 frequency

Écluse en pierre ou en béton permettant de vider lentement les étangs de la Dombes dans l'Ain.

too

adverb · /\ˈtu\/ · #13,484 frequency

Aussi, également.

tous

adjective · /\tu\/ · #79 frequency

Masculin pluriel de tout.

tout

adjective · /\tu\/ · #48 frequency

Qui comprend l’intégrité, l’entièreté, la totalité d’une chose considérée par rapport au nombre, à l’étendue ou à l’intensité de l’énergie.

touts

noun · /\tu\/ · #29,573 frequency

Pluriel de tout.

toux

noun · /\tu\/ · #15,276 frequency

Expiration spasmodique et bruyante de l’air, accompagnée d’un mouvement convulsif du larynx et de la trachée-artère.

two

noun · /\ˈtu\/ · #13,083 frequency

(radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 2.