toezicht

noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-toezicht · toezicht · French

toezicht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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 toezicht
PropertyValue
Headwordtoezicht
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « toezicht » en français

toezichtn'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

toezicht is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surveillance.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for toezicht, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is toezicht, spelled T-O-E-Z-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Surveillance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. toezicht houden op
  2. onder toezicht staan

Synonyms

check-upcontroleopzichtsupervisieverificatie

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 "toezicht"?
"toezicht" is spelled T-O-E-Z-I-C-H-T.
What does "toezicht" mean?
As a noun, "toezicht" means: Surveillance.
What language does "toezicht" come from?
"toezicht" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list