tolérer

\tɔ.le.ʁe\

/\tɔ.le.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“tolérer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,373
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tolerer · tolérer · French

tolérer · rank #14,373 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,373
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Titan

Nearest frequency peer: Titan (-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 « tolérer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tolérer » 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).

tolérer vs tolérés
71% similar
tolérer vs toléré
71% similar
tolérer vs Tolède
43% similar

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

Key facts for tolérer
PropertyValue
Headwordtolérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɔ.le.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,373
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tolérer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tolérerse 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 « Titan » (#14,372), « tortues » (#14,374), « tenons » (#14,371). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tolérer » est au #14,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around tolérer (IPA \tɔ.le.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,373 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tolérer, with forms such as "otlérer", "tloérer", and "tolerer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "tolérés", "toléré", "Tolède", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tolérer, spelled T-O-L-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Supporter.
  2. 2
    Ne pas réprimer certains abus.
  3. 3
    Supporter chez autrui ce que l’on n’approuve pas.
  4. 4
    Se dit dans un sens analogue en parlant des personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le kébab doit être servi brûlant. Quand la bouche peut le tolérer, il est déjà trop froid.
  2. Il se trouva, cependant, des seigneurs ecclésiastiques, tels l'abbesse de Saintes (1272) qui, ne pouvant tolérer la vue des mécréants, prièrent le roi de les débarrasser de leurs juifs.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otlérer
  • tloérer
  • tolerer
  • tollérer
  • tolréer
  • toléerr
  • tolérerr
  • tolérre
  • tolérrer
  • toélrer
  • ttolérer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tolérer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otlérer2tloérer2tolerer1tollérer1tolréer2toléerr2tolérerr1tolérre2
Edit distance from "tolérer"

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 "tolérer"?
"tolérer" is spelled T-O-L-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.le.ʁe\.
What does "tolérer" mean?
As a verb, "tolérer" means: Supporter.
What words are commonly confused with "tolérer"?
"tolérer" is commonly confused with "tolérés", "toléré", "Tolède". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tolérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tolérer" is \tɔ.le.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tolérer" come from?
"tolérer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list