tonus

\tɔ.nys\

/\tɔ.nys\/ noun

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The verdict

“tonus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,755
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tension, contraction légère et permanente, tenue des muscles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tonus · tonus · French

tonus · rank #35,755 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,755
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH thermostat

Nearest frequency peer: thermostat (-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 « tonus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tonus » 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).

tonus vs tou
60% similar
tonus vs tus
60% similar
tonus vs tos
60% similar

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

Key facts for tonus
PropertyValue
Headwordtonus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.nys\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,755
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tonus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tonusse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « thermostat » (#35,754), « tourmentée » (#35,756), « tenante » (#35,753). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tonus » est au #35,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tonus (IPA \tɔ.nys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,755 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tonus, with forms such as "otnus", "tnous", and "tonnus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tou", "tus", "tos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tonus, spelled T-O-N-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tension, contraction légère et permanente, tenue des muscles.
  2. 2
    Énergie.
  3. 3
    Soirée ou bal étudiant organisé par les élèves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le tonus musculaire est l'état de tension permanente et légère de certains muscles afin de s'opposer à l'action de la gravité sur le corps humain. Ceci permet le maintien de la posture (équilibre).
  2. Le tonus postural est le degré de tension des muscles antérieurs et postérieurs antigravitaires.

This word in other languages

tonus(English)Tonus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otnus
  • tnous
  • tonnus
  • tonsu
  • tonuss
  • touns
  • ttonus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tonus - 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.

otnus2tnous2tonnus1tonsu2tonuss1touns2ttonus1
Edit distance from "tonus"

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 "tonus"?
"tonus" is spelled T-O-N-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.nys\.
What does "tonus" mean?
As a noun, "tonus" means: Tension, contraction légère et permanente, tenue des muscles.
What words are commonly confused with "tonus"?
"tonus" is commonly confused with "tou", "tus", "tos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tonus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tonus" is \tɔ.nys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tonus" come from?
"tonus" 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 "tonus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tapas#35,751Tanya#35,750worms#35,777sixte#35,729

Similar misspelling depth

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

shine7 variantssaufs7 variantsRubin7 variantsrevel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list