Toblerone

\to.blə.ʁɔn\

/\to.blə.ʁɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“Toblerone” is uncommon French (frequency #96,450 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,450
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chocolat de la marque suisse de ce nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-toblerone · Toblerone · French

Toblerone · rank #96,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,450
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Toine

Nearest frequency peer: Toine (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Toblerone »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Toblerone » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Toblerone
PropertyValue
HeadwordToblerone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\to.blə.ʁɔn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,450
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Toblerone » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Tobleronetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Toine » (#96,451), « topinambours » (#96,452), « tissa » (#96,447). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Toblerone » est au #96,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Toblerone is uncommon French at frequency #96,450 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \to.blə.ʁɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Toblerone has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Toblerone, spelled T-O-B-L-E-R-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chocolat de la marque suisse de ce nom.
  2. 2
    Dent de dragon, défense anti-char.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au dernier col, le Cervin apparut dans ses proportions définitives. Dieu (qui est suisse) avait modelé ce sommet selon le nombre d’or pour enluminer les emballages de Toblerone et prouver à l’univers la perfection helvétique.
  2. C’est en suivant ce cours d’eau que l’on tombe sur le complexe sportif Gayant et son gymnase en forme de Toblerone.

This word in other languages

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 "Toblerone"?
"Toblerone" is spelled T-O-B-L-E-R-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \to.blə.ʁɔn\.
What does "Toblerone" mean?
As a noun, "Toblerone" means: Chocolat de la marque suisse de ce nom.
How do you pronounce "Toblerone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Toblerone" is \to.blə.ʁɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list