Todd

name

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The verdict

“Todd” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,271) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#12,271
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-todd · Todd · French

Todd · rank #12,271 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,271
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH théorème

Nearest frequency peer: théorème (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Todd »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Todd » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Todd vs toi
25% similar
Todd vs ton
25% similar
Todd vs top
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Todd
PropertyValue
HeadwordTodd
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,271
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Todd »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Toddse 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 « théorème » (#12,270), « tons » (#12,272), « théoriques » (#12,269). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Todd » est au #12,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Todd is neighbouring look-alikes ("toi", "ton", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #12,271 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Todd, with forms such as "otdd", "tdod", and "tod". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "toi", "ton", "top", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Todd, spelled T-O-D-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En plaçant son appareil sur un trépied, Alistair Todd, photographe, a pris ce cliché de lui-même à l’intérieur de l’un de ces tunnels situés sur les montagnes Cairngorms, dans les Highlands écossais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otdd
  • tdod
  • tod
  • ttodd

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Todd - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

otdd2tdod2tod1ttodd1
Edit distance from "Todd"

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 "Todd"?
"Todd" is spelled T-O-D-D.
What does "Todd" mean?
As a proper noun, "Todd" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Todd"?
"Todd" is commonly confused with "toi", "ton", "top". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Todd" come from?
"Todd" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tons#12,272yang#12,285rush#12,245room#12,243

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list