tond
\tɔ̃\
The verdict
“tond” is uncommon French (frequency #64,836 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,836
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tond” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tond is uncommon French at frequency #64,836 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tond in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tond, spelled T-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.
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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Using “tond”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.