tonds

\tɔ̃\

/\tɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“tonds” is uncommon French (frequency #86,255 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,255
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tonds · tonds · French

tonds · rank #86,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,255
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tobe

Nearest frequency peer: tobe (-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 « tonds »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tonds
PropertyValue
Headwordtonds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tonds » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tondstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tobe » (#86,254), « toreros » (#86,256), « torique » (#86,257). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tonds » est au #86,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tonds is uncommon French at frequency #86,255 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tonds, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tonds, spelled T-O-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tonds"?
"tonds" is spelled T-O-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ̃\.
What does "tonds" mean?
As a verb, "tonds" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de tondre.
How do you pronounce "tonds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tonds" is \tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tonds" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list