Tocqueville

\tɔk.vil\

/\tɔk.vil\/ name

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The verdict

“Tocqueville” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,046
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tocqueville · Tocqueville · French

Tocqueville · rank #33,046 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,046
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tonnage

Nearest frequency peer: tonnage (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tocqueville »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tocqueville
PropertyValue
HeadwordTocqueville
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tɔk.vil\
Letters11
Frequency rank#33,046
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tocqueville »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Tocquevillese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tonnage » (#33,047), « tardifs » (#33,043), « tractations » (#33,049). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tocqueville » est au #33,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Tocqueville (IPA \tɔk.vil\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,046 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tocqueville, with forms such as "otcqueville", "tcoqueville", and "toccqueville". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Tocqueville, spelled T-O-C-Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
  3. 3
    Ancien nom de la commune française Tocqueville-les-Murs.
  4. 4
    Ancien nom de la commune de Ras El Oued dans la wilaya de Bordj-Bou-Arreridj en Algérie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otcqueville
  • tcoqueville
  • toccqueville
  • tocqeuville
  • tocqqueville
  • tocqueivlle
  • tocquevile
  • tocquevilel
  • tocquevlile
  • tocquevville
  • tocquveille
  • tocuqeville
  • toqcueville
  • ttocqueville

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tocqueville - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

otcqueville2tcoqueville2toccqueville1tocqeuville2tocqqueville1tocqueivlle2tocquevile1tocquevilel2
Edit distance from "Tocqueville"

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 "Tocqueville"?
"Tocqueville" is spelled T-O-C-Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔk.vil\.
What does "Tocqueville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tocqueville" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
What are common misspellings of "Tocqueville"?
Common misspellings include "otcqueville", "tcoqueville", "toccqueville", "tocqeuville", "tocqqueville". The correct spelling is "Tocqueville".
How do you pronounce "Tocqueville"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tocqueville" is \tɔk.vil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tocqueville" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tractations#33,049sédentaires#33,041établissait#33,090abdominales#33,094

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

turbulent14 variantsSpiderman14 variantssoutenance14 variantsYougoslave14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list