Thomson
\tɔm.sɔn\
The verdict
“Thomson” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,606
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancien groupe français spécialisé dans les équipements de production et de distribution d'électricité, puis dans la fabrication de matériels électroniques et audiovisuels.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thomson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \tɔm.sɔn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thomson” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Thomson (IPA \tɔm.sɔn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,606 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien groupe français spécialisé dans les équipements de production et de distribution d'électricité, puis dans la fabrication de matériels électroniques et audiovisuels.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thomson, with forms such as "htomson", "thhomson", and "thmoson". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "toison", "thompson", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Thomson, spelled T-H-O-M-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ancien 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thomson - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Thomson”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-H-O-M-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɔm.sɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “toison” - see the side-by-side comparison. Thomson vs toison
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.