tonte

/\tɔ̃t\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,573

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tonte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de tondre la laine, la pelouse, etc. Pronounced \tɔ̃t\. Often confused with tot and tte.

Key facts for tonte
PropertyValue
Headwordtonte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ̃t\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,573
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tonte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tonte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,573 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tonte, with forms such as "otnte", "tnote", and "tonet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tot", "tte", "tout", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tonte, spelled T-O-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de tondre la laine, la pelouse, etc.
  2. 2
    Action de tondre la laine, la pelouse, etc.
  3. 3
    Laine qu’on retire en tondant un troupeau.
  4. 4
    Temps où l’on tond les ovins.
  5. 5
    (Par métonymie) Par analogie avec la répétition des tontes de gazon, stratégie militaire où des attaques similaires sont régulièrement menées contre un ennemi pendant plusieurs années.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otnte,tnote,tonet,tonnte,tontte,totne,ttonte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tonte

Misspelling Variants of "tonte"

otnte5tnote5tonet5tonnte6tontte6totne5ttonte6
Misspelling Variants of "tonte"

Frequency rank: #38,573 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tonte"?
"tonte" is spelled T-O-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ̃t\.
What does "tonte" mean?
As a noun, "tonte" means: Action de tondre la laine, la pelouse, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "tonte"?
"tonte" is commonly confused with "tot", "tte", "tout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tonte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tonte" is \tɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tonte" come from?
"tonte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.