tonton
\tɔ̃.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“tonton” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,050
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oncle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tonton · tonton · French
tonton · rank #15,050 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,050
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Théodore
Nearest frequency peer: Théodore (-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 « tonton »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tenants
tenants
84,954 corpus weight
- tertiaire
tertiaire
84,953 corpus weight
- Théodore
Théodore
84,952 corpus weight
- tonton
tonton
84,951 corpus weight
- tracteur
tracteur
84,950 corpus weight
- trappe
trappe
84,949 corpus weight
What this shows « tonton » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tonton »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tonton (IPA \tɔ̃.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,050 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tonton, with forms such as "otnton", "tnoton", and "tonnton". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "toto", "Toulon", "toutou", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tonton, spelled T-O-N-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Oncle.
- 2Personne hors de la famille pour laquelle quelqu’un de plus jeune a une affection de type filial.
- 3Informateur.
- 4Trésorier d'une association.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tonton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Exemple graphique et violent, doit eter change
Petite consolation, avant de monter dans l'auto, Judith lui a dit que tonton et tata Siou lui ont promis de la ramener quand ils reviendront, dans une semaine ou deux, pour achever de débarrasser la maison.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otnton
- tnoton
- tonnton
- tonotn
- tontno
- tontonn
- tontton
- totnon
- ttonton
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tonton - 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.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).