toll

\tɔl\

/\tɔl\/ adj

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The verdict

“toll” is uncommon French (frequency #73,611 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,611
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très bien, formidable, chouette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-toll · toll · French

toll · rank #73,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,611
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH TLD

Nearest frequency peer: TLD (-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 « toll »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for toll
PropertyValue
Headwordtoll
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔl\
Letters4
Frequency rank#73,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « toll » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tolltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « TLD » (#73,610), « torchis » (#73,612), « Timmermans » (#73,609). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toll » est au #73,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toll is uncommon French at frequency #73,611 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for toll, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is toll, spelled T-O-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très bien, formidable, chouette.
  2. 2
    Fou.
  3. 3
    Enragé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Konzert war einfach toll.
  2. Danach traf ich noch eine tolle, wirklich klasse Frau.

Synonyms

coolduftegeilgroßartigklasseSpitzespitzenmäßigstarksuperverrücktwunderbar

Antonyms

normalgewöhnlichlangweilig

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 "toll"?
"toll" is spelled T-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔl\.
What does "toll" mean?
As an adjective, "toll" means: Très bien, formidable, chouette.
How do you pronounce "toll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toll" is \tɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toll" come from?
"toll" 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 "toll", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tifo#73,608tema#73,603unai#73,625vela#73,638

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list