tomato
\tə.ˈmɑː.təʊ\
The verdict
“tomato” is uncommon French (frequency #84,378 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,378
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomate (plante).
Corpus desk
Index FR-tomato · tomato · French
tomato · rank #84,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,378
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH TMI
Nearest frequency peer: TMI (-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 « tomato »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tiana
Tiana
15,626 corpus weight
- tilté
tilté
15,625 corpus weight
- TMI
TMI
15,624 corpus weight
- tomato
tomato
15,623 corpus weight
- tomcat
tomcat
15,622 corpus weight
- Tomoko
Tomoko
15,621 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tomato » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomato |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tə.ˈmɑː.təʊ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tomato » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tomato is uncommon French at frequency #84,378 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tə.ˈmɑː.təʊ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tomato, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tomato, spelled T-O-M-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Tomate (plante).
- 2Tomate (fruit).
- 3Bombe, femme attirante.
- 4Acte ou personne stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tomato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).