toilette
\twa.lɛt\
The verdict
“toilette” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,910 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,910
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toilette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \twa.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “toilette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for toilette is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \twa.lɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,910 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1À 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.
- 2Flacons, boites, ustensiles, etc, servant à se parer, se maquiller.
- 3Meuble garni de ce qui sert pour se laver, se coiffer, se parer.
- 4Action de se laver.
- 5Ensemble des vêtements et accessoires d’une femme.
- 6Appareil sanitaire servant à recueillir et à évacuer les besoins naturels.
- 7(souvent pluriel) Pièce où se trouvent des installations sanitaires pour faire ses besoins naturels.
- 8Morceau de toile dont les marchands d’étoffes, les tailleurs, les libraires, etc., enveloppent les marchandises pour les livrer.
- 9Crépine ; péritoine de porc dont on entoure les pâtés, pieds de porc, etc., avant de les cuire au four.
- 10Toilette marseillaise : Sorte de vanity case en osier, destiné à transporter les produits.
- 11Beaux habits, habits du dimanche.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “toilette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-I-L-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \twa.lɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tourette” - see the side-by-side comparison. toilette vs tourette
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.