toben
\ˈtoːbn̩\
The verdict
“toben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se défouler (s'amuser, courir), faire le fou, chahuter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-toben · toben · French
toben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈtoːbn̩\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « toben » en français
Rare enough to double-check
toben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈtoːbn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for toben in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is toben, spelled T-O-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Se défouler (s'amuser, courir), faire le fou, chahuter.
- 2Se déchaîner, s'agiter, foncer, faire rage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how toben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder haben im Garten getobt und dabei Omas schöne Blumen zertrampelt!
Seit nunmehr sechs Monaten tobt dieser Krieg. Der Anspruch Moskaus ist dabei kein geringerer als der, die Ukraine, der die Existenzberechtigung abgesprochen wird, als selbstständigen Staat auszulöschen und von der Landkarte zu tilgen.
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.