toile

\twal\

/\twal\/ noun

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The verdict

“toile” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,299
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-toile · toile · French

toile · rank #3,299 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,299
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH terminer

Nearest frequency peer: terminer (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « toile »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « toile » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

toile vs tome
60% similar
toile vs toit
60% similar
toile vs tôle
60% similar

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

Key facts for toile
PropertyValue
Headwordtoile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\twal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,299
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « toile »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).toilese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « terminer » (#3,298), « tourné » (#3,300), « sérieuse » (#3,297). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toile » est au #3,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around toile (IPA \twal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,299 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for toile, with forms such as "otile", "tiole", and "toiel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tome", "toit", "tôle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is toile, spelled T-O-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc.
  2. 2
    Treillis métallique d’un crible ou d'un tamis.
  3. 3
    Écran de tissu blanc tendu qui permet la projection de films.
  4. 4
    Film.
  5. 5
    Châssis tendu de toile sur laquelle on peint.
  6. 6
    Tableau peint sur cette toile.
  7. 7
    Toile verticale sur laquelle sont représentés les derniers plans du décor.
  8. 8
    Voiles.
  9. 9
    Grands filets que l’on tend, en forme de parc, pour prendre des sangliers, des cerfs, des biches, des chevreuils, etc.
  10. 10
    Draps.
  11. 11
    Traduction littérale du mot anglais Web (toile, toile d'araignée) désignant l'hypermédia public fonctionnant sur l'internet et permettant de consulter les pages mises en ligne dans des sites.
  12. 12
    Toile d'araignée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gillonne obéit et rentra, tenant d’une main la cassette, et de l’autre une aiguière de vermeil et du linge de fine toile de Hollande.
  2. Le ressac était trop fort sur la plage de galets et aurait vite mis en pièces mon mince canot de toile, […].

Synonyms

tableauWeb

This word in other languages

cloth(English)tela(Español)Leinwand(Deutsch)tela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otile
  • tiole
  • toiel
  • toille
  • tolie
  • ttoile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otile2tiole2toiel2toille1tolie2ttoile1
Edit distance from "toile"

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 "toile"?
"toile" is spelled T-O-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \twal\.
What does "toile" mean?
As a noun, "toile" means: Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "toile"?
"toile" is commonly confused with "tome", "toit", "tôle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toile" is \twal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toile" come from?
"toile" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sarah#3,292sable#3,291conçu#3,323drame#3,326

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

pars6 variantsmines6 variantsenvoi6 variantscopie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list