Tony

\tɔ.ni\

/\tɔ.ni\/ name

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The verdict

“Tony” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,808
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tony · Tony · French

Tony · rank #3,808 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,808
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH toilettes

Nearest frequency peer: toilettes (-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 « Tony »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Tony » 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).

Tony vs ty
25% similar
Tony vs top
25% similar
Tony vs too
25% similar

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

Key facts for Tony
PropertyValue
HeadwordTony
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tɔ.ni\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,808
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tony »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Tonyse 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 « toilettes » (#3,807), « tués » (#3,809), « Thierry » (#3,806). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tony » est au #3,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Tony (IPA \tɔ.ni\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,808 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tony, with forms such as "otny", "tnoy", and "tonny". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ty", "top", "too", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Tony, spelled T-O-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’homme au chalumeau, bien qu’occupé à déberlinguer ses caisses, entendit ces derniers mots, et tourna la tête vers Tony.
  2. Tony Florio, directeur des communications pour Miovision, expliquait, en 2018 à l’AFP, que le but de ce boîtier était « de permettre aux ingénieurs chargés du trafic de mesurer le flot de circulation. L’information est utilisable lorsqu’une commune veut étudier l’impact d’une nouvelle architecture sur le trafic routier. »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otny
  • tnoy
  • tonny
  • tonyy
  • toyn
  • ttony

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tony - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otny2tnoy2tonny1tonyy1toyn2ttony1
Edit distance from "Tony"

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 "Tony"?
"Tony" is spelled T-O-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ni\.
What does "Tony" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tony" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Tony"?
"Tony" is commonly confused with "ty", "top", "too". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tony"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tony" is \tɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tony" come from?
"Tony" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tués#3,809onze#3,783dira#3,837mark#3,777

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

unies6 variantsoiseau6 variantsMario6 variantsjulie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list