toboggan

Name: toboggan, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃\

/\tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“toboggan” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,570
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traineau ou luge utilisée en Amérique du Nord pour glisser sur une pente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-toboggan · toboggan · French

toboggan · rank #29,570 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,570
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH toast

Nearest frequency peer: toast (-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.

Tlemcen

70,433
toast

70,432
toboggan

70,431
tolérée

70,430
torsion

70,429
touts

70,428

What this shows « toboggan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for toboggan
Property	Value
Headword	toboggan
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#29,570
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « toboggan »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tobogganse place ici:

#29,570

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « toast » (#29,569), « tolérée » (#29,571), « Tlemcen » (#29,568). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toboggan » est au #29,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around toboggan (IPA \tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,570 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for toboggan, with forms such as "otboggan", "tbooggan", and "tobboggan". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 toboggan, spelled T-O-B-O-G-G-A-N.

Definition

1
Traineau ou luge utilisée en Amérique du Nord pour glisser sur une pente.
2
Piste à une ou plusieurs pentes, rectiligne ou en spirale, installée en général dans les aires de jeux, que l’on descend en glissant assis.
3
Glissière permettant de laisser descendre des marchandises ou des matériaux d’un étage à un autre.
4
Dispositif d’évacuation de secours sur les avions.
5
Autopont, voie de circulation automobile construite sur une courte distance pour enjamber une autre voie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Notre tabagane n'a rien de commun avec le toboggan des Français, si ce n'est que les deux servent à glisser. Celui-ci est formé d'une armature d'acier qui repose sur des patins longs et assez bas et que recouvre une planche rembourrée, tandis que notre tabagane est sans patins et faite de longues planches minces et étroites, recourbées à l'avant et recouv…
Le prêtre disparut dans l’escalier de la chaire comme dans la spirale d’un toboggan.

Synonyms

bobsleigh luge traîne sauvage glissoire glissade

This word in other languages

toboggan(English)trineo(Español)Rutsche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

otboggan
tbooggan
tobboggan
tobgogan
tobogagn
tobogan
toboggann
toboggna
toobggan
ttoboggan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toboggan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "toboggan"

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 "toboggan"?

"toboggan" is spelled T-O-B-O-G-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃\.

What does "toboggan" mean?

As a noun, "toboggan" means: Traineau ou luge utilisée en Amérique du Nord pour glisser sur une pente.

What are common misspellings of "toboggan"?

Common misspellings include "otboggan", "tbooggan", "tobboggan", "tobgogan", "tobogagn". The correct spelling is "toboggan".

How do you pronounce "toboggan"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toboggan" is \tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "toboggan" come from?

"toboggan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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