toekennen

verb

The verdict

“toekennen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attribuer, accorder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-toekennen · toekennen · French

toekennen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for toekennen
PropertyValue
Headwordtoekennen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « toekennen » en français

toekennenn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toekennen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

toekennen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is toekennen, spelled T-O-E-K-E-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attribuer, accorder.
  2. 2
    Allouer, accorder, attribuer, adjuger, octroyer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De schuld toekennen aan iemand.
  2. De verdienste van iets aan iemand toekennen.

Synonyms

toeschrijvenwijtentoewijzentoemetenverlenen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toekennen"?
"toekennen" is spelled T-O-E-K-E-N-N-E-N.
What does "toekennen" mean?
As a verb, "toekennen" means: Attribuer, accorder.
What language does "toekennen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list