tonnes

\tɔn\

/\tɔn\/ noun

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The verdict

“tonnes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,970
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tonnes · tonnes · French

tonnes · rank #2,970 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,970
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tir

Nearest frequency peer: tir (-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 « tonnes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tonnes » 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).

tonnes vs tons
67% similar
tonnes vs tunes
67% similar
tonnes vs tonus
67% similar

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

Key facts for tonnes
PropertyValue
Headwordtonnes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,970
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tonnes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tonnesse 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 « tir » (#2,969), « traduit » (#2,971), « tests » (#2,968). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tonnes » est au #2,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tonnes (IPA \tɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,970 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tonne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tonnes, with forms such as "otnnes", "tnones", and "tonens". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tons", "tunes", "tonus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 tonnes, spelled T-O-N-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tonne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La production mondiale actuelle est d’environ 13,5 millions de tonnes de pois secs et 4,8 millions de tonnes de pois frais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otnnes
  • tnones
  • tonens
  • tones
  • tonness
  • tonnse
  • ttonnes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tonnes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

otnnes2tnones2tonens2tones1tonness1tonnse2ttonnes1
Edit distance from "tonnes"

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 "tonnes"?
"tonnes" is spelled T-O-N-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔn\.
What does "tonnes" mean?
As a noun, "tonnes" means: Pluriel de tonne.
What words are commonly confused with "tonnes"?
"tonnes" is commonly confused with "tons", "tunes", "tonus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tonnes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tonnes" is \tɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tonnes" come from?
"tonnes" 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 "tonnes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

témoin#2,972souris#2,965achète#2,976armées#2,980

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tests7 variantsballon7 variantscorse7 variantsoffres7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list