Thomson

/\tɔm.sɔn\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,606

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Thomson is aFrenchname. It means: Ancien groupe français spécialisé dans les équipements de production et de distribution d'électricité, puis dans la fabrication de matériels électroniques et audiovisuels. Pronounced \tɔm.sɔn\. Often confused with toison and thompson.

Key facts for Thomson
PropertyValue
HeadwordThomson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\tɔm.sɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,606
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Thomson in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Thomson is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔm.sɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,606 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ancien groupe français spécialisé dans les équipements de production et de distribution d'électricité, puis dans la fabrication de matériels électroniques et audiovisuels.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Thomson, with forms such as "htomson", "thhomson", and "thmoson". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "toison", "thompson", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Thomson, spelled T-H-O-M-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien groupe français spécialisé dans les équipements de production et de distribution d'électricité, puis dans la fabrication de matériels électroniques et audiovisuels.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htomson,thhomson,thmoson,thommson,thomosn,thomsno,thomsonn,thomsson,thosmon,tohmson,tthomson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Thomson

Misspelling Variants of "Thomson"

htomson7thhomson8thmoson7thommson8thomosn7thomsno7thomsonn8thomsson8
Misspelling Variants of "Thomson"

Frequency rank: #18,606 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thomson"?
"Thomson" is spelled T-H-O-M-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔm.sɔn\.
What does "Thomson" mean?
As a name, "Thomson" means: Ancien groupe français spécialisé dans les équipements de production et de distribution d'électricité, puis dans la fabrication de matériels électroniques et audiovisuels.
What words are commonly confused with "Thomson"?
"Thomson" is commonly confused with "toison", "thompson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Thomson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thomson" is \tɔm.sɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thomson" come from?
"Thomson" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.