tohu-bohu
\tɔ.y.bɔ.y\
The verdict
“tohu-bohu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chaos primitif, dans la Genèse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tohu-bohu · tohu-bohu · French
tohu-bohu · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tohu-bohu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ.y.bɔ.y\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tohu-bohu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tohu-bohu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ.y.bɔ.y\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tohu-bohu, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tohu-bohu, spelled T-O-H-U---B-O-H-U.
Definition
- 1Chaos primitif, dans la Genèse.
- 2Grande confusion ; grand désordre.
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