itou

\i.tu\

/\i.tu\/ adv

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The verdict

“itou” is uncommon French (frequency #52,767 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,767
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De même, également, pareillement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-itou · itou · French

itou · rank #52,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,767
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Isabeau

Nearest frequency peer: Isabeau (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “itou”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “itou” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for itou
PropertyValue
Headworditou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\i.tu\
Letters4
Frequency rank#52,767
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “itou” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).itouse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Isabeau » (#52,766), « irréparables » (#52,765), « Jacoby » (#52,769). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

itou is uncommon French at frequency #52,767 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \i.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De même, également, pareillement.".

itou has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is itou, spelled I-T-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    De même, également, pareillement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pierrot : Aga, quien, Charlotte, je m’en vas te conter tout fin drait comme cela est venu ; car, comme dit l’autre, je les ai le premier avisés, avisés le premier je les ai. Enfin donc j’estions sur le bord de la mar, moi et le gros Lucas, et je nous amusions à batifoler avec des mottes de tarre que je nous jesquions à la teste ; car, comme tu sais bian,…
  2. — Je n’en puis plus, dit un des soldats. — Et moi itou, dit un autre.

Synonyms

aussiidemitem

This word in other languages

also(English)tambien(Español)auch(Deutsch)também(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "itou"?
"itou" is spelled I-T-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \i.tu\.
What does "itou" mean?
As an adverb, "itou" means: De même, également, pareillement.
How do you pronounce "itou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "itou" is \i.tu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "itou" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Jacq#52,770jock#52,776kita#52,780krav#52,782

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list