toilet

\ˈtɔɪ.lət\

/\ˈtɔɪ.lət\/ noun

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The verdict

“toilet” is uncommon French (frequency #93,328 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,328
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toilette (hygiène personnelle, habillement).

Corpus desk

Index FR-toilet · toilet · French

toilet · rank #93,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,328
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tomasz

Nearest frequency peer: Tomasz (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « toilet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « toilet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for toilet
PropertyValue
Headwordtoilet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈtɔɪ.lət\
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « toilet » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).toilettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Tomasz » (#93,329), « tissulaires » (#93,326), « Tompkins » (#93,330). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toilet » est au #93,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toilet is uncommon French at frequency #93,328 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtɔɪ.lət\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for toilet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 toilet, spelled T-O-I-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toilette (hygiène personnelle, habillement).
  2. 2
    Coiffeuse, commode.
  3. 3
    Vestaire.
  4. 4
    Toilettes, w.-c. (pièce destinée à faire ses besoins).
  5. 5
    Toilettes, w.-c. (appareil sanitaire recueillant les besoins naturels).
  6. 6
    Pot de chambre.
  7. 7
    Lieu particulièrement sale.

Synonyms

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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 "toilet"?
"toilet" is spelled T-O-I-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtɔɪ.lət\.
What does "toilet" mean?
As a noun, "toilet" means: Toilette (hygiène personnelle, habillement).
How do you pronounce "toilet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toilet" is \ˈtɔɪ.lət\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toilet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tomasz#93,329tibial#93,320trouin#93,341tumuli#93,343

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list