toilette

\twa.lɛt\

/\twa.lɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“toilette” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,910
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l'origine, petite nappe en toile qui une fois étendue sur une table servait à y poser ce que l'on utilisait pour la parure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-toilette · toilette · French

toilette · rank #7,910 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,910
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tigre

Nearest frequency peer: tigre (-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 « toilette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « toilette » 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).

toilette vs tourette
75% similar
toilette vs toilettes
89% similar
toilette vs tablette
75% similar

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

Key facts for toilette
PropertyValue
Headwordtoilette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\twa.lɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,910
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « toilette »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tigre » (#7,909), « territoriales » (#7,908), « tournent » (#7,912). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toilette » est au #7,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around toilette (IPA \twa.lɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,910 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for toilette, with forms such as "otilette", "tiolette", and "toieltte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tourette", "toilettes", "tablette", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is toilette, spelled T-O-I-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    À l'origine, petite nappe en toile qui une fois étendue sur une table servait à y poser ce que l'on utilisait pour la parure.
  2. 2
    Flacons, boites, ustensiles, etc, servant à se parer, se maquiller.
  3. 3
    Meuble garni de ce qui sert pour se laver, se coiffer, se parer.
  4. 4
    Action de se laver.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des vêtements et accessoires d’une femme.
  6. 6
    Appareil sanitaire servant à recueillir et à évacuer les besoins naturels.
  7. 7
    (souvent pluriel) Pièce où se trouvent des installations sanitaires pour faire ses besoins naturels.
  8. 8
    Morceau de toile dont les marchands d’étoffes, les tailleurs, les libraires, etc., enveloppent les marchandises pour les livrer.
  9. 9
    Crépine ; péritoine de porc dont on entoure les pâtés, pieds de porc, etc., avant de les cuire au four.
  10. 10
    Toilette marseillaise : Sorte de vanity case en osier, destiné à transporter les produits.
  11. 11
    Beaux habits, habits du dimanche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une toilette en dentelle.
  2. C'est en ce sens que Visconti a pris le mot niello, dans sa description de la toilette en argent, d'une dame romaine, appelée Projetta.

Synonyms

🚽buen-retirobécossescabinetschiottescagoincescommoditésendroitfeuilléesgogueslatrineslieu d’aisancelieuxpetit coinpetit endroittartissestrônewater-closetw.-c.

This word in other languages

toilet(English)aseo(Español)Toilette(Deutsch)vestimenta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otilette
  • tiolette
  • toieltte
  • toilete
  • toiletet
  • toillette
  • toiltete
  • toliette
  • ttoilette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toilette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

otilette2tiolette2toieltte2toilete1toiletet2toillette1toiltete2toliette2
Edit distance from "toilette"

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 "toilette"?
"toilette" is spelled T-O-I-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \twa.lɛt\.
What does "toilette" mean?
As a noun, "toilette" means: À l'origine, petite nappe en toile qui une fois étendue sur une table servait à y poser ce que l'on utilisait pour la parure.
What words are commonly confused with "toilette"?
"toilette" is commonly confused with "tourette", "toilettes", "tablette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toilette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toilette" is \twa.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toilette" come from?
"toilette" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tournent#7,912ténèbres#7,913souligné#7,905réserver#7,898

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

talons9 variantssortez9 variantsslogan9 variantsabeilles9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list