Tod
\toːt\
The verdict
“Tod” is uncommon French (frequency #52,399 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,399
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tod · Tod · French
Tod · rank #52,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,399
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tlm
Nearest frequency peer: tlm (-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 « Tod »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- textuelles
textuelles
47,606 corpus weight
- tlm
tlm
47,603 corpus weight
- Tod
Tod
47,602 corpus weight
- totalisé
totalisé
47,601 corpus weight
- touchantes
touchantes
47,600 corpus weight
- travestir
travestir
47,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tod » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tod |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \toːt\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tod » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tod is uncommon French at frequency #52,399 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \toːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Tod in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Tod, spelled T-O-D.
Definition
- 1Mort.
- 2Mort, personnage imaginaire portant une faux et rendant visite aux personnes pour leur annoncer leur mort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tod appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn ein geliebter Mensch ins Krankenhaus muss, wenn er operiert wird und es oft um Leben und Tod geht, dann beruhigt die Angehörigen meist ein Gedanke: dass ihr Vater, ihre Mutter, ihr Kind dort in guten Händen ist.
Bei derartiger Hitze kann der menschliche Körper seine Temperatur kaum noch durch Schwitzen runterregulieren, und es droht ein Hitzschlag, der zum Tod führen kann.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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