Tokio

Name: Tokio, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\to.kjo\

/\to.kjo\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Tokio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,918
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne orthographe de Tokyo (ville du Japon).

Corpus desk

Index FR-tokio · Tokio · French

Tokio · rank #45,918 · 6 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,918
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH tolérées

Nearest frequency peer: tolérées (+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.

timon

54,086
tiramisu

54,085
Tokio

54,083
tolérées

54,082
tombons

54,081
totalisent

54,080

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Tokio vs too

40% similar

Tokio vs trio

40% similar

Tokio vs Toni

60% similar

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

Key facts for Tokio
Property	Value
Headword	Tokio
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\to.kjo\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#45,918
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tokio »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Tokiose place ici:

#45,918

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tolérées » (#45,919), « tiramisu » (#45,916), « tombons » (#45,920). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tokio » est au #45,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Tokio (IPA \to.kjo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,918 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancienne orthographe de Tokyo (ville du Japon).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tokio, with forms such as "otkio", "tkoio", and "toiko". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "too", "trio", "Toni", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Tokio, spelled T-O-K-I-O.

Definition

1
Ancienne orthographe de Tokyo (ville du Japon).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Nikko est situé dans les montagnes à 70 milles de Tokio.
— Enfin, je respire ! dit M. Laurent. Je me croyais condamné de poste en poste à n’avoir affaire qu’à des admirateurs de Claudel. J’ai été en Chine : hors du chinois, on n’y lisait que du Claudel ; j’ai été au Japon : on jouait périodiquement à Tokio « L’Annonce faite à Marie » et il fallait y assister, pour Dieu et pour la France.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

otkio
tkoio
toiko
tokkio
tokoi
ttokio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tokio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Tokio"

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 "Tokio"?

"Tokio" is spelled T-O-K-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is \to.kjo\.

What does "Tokio" mean?

As a proper noun, "Tokio" means: Ancienne orthographe de Tokyo (ville du Japon).

What words are commonly confused with "Tokio"?

"Tokio" is commonly confused with "too", "trio", "Toni". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Tokio"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tokio" is \to.kjo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Tokio" come from?

"Tokio" 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 "Tokio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

timon#45,915 tatie#45,906 veufs#45,941 Stahl#45,886

Similar misspelling depth

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

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