tolerance

\tɔlɛrantsɛ\

/\tɔlɛrantsɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“tolerance” is uncommon French (frequency #65,574 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,574
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tolérance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tolerance · tolerance · French

tolerance · rank #65,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,574
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tolisso

Nearest frequency peer: Tolisso (+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 « tolerance »

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 « tolerance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tolerance
PropertyValue
Headwordtolerance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔlɛrantsɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,574
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tolerance » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tolerancetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Tolisso » (#65,575), « tiraillements » (#65,571), « torrides » (#65,577). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tolerance » est au #65,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tolerance is uncommon French at frequency #65,574 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔlɛrantsɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tolérance.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tolerance, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tolerance, spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tolérance.

Synonyms

snášenlivosttolerování

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 "tolerance"?
"tolerance" is spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔlɛrantsɛ\.
What does "tolerance" mean?
As a noun, "tolerance" means: Tolérance.
How do you pronounce "tolerance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tolerance" is \tɔlɛrantsɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list