tost

\toːst\

/\toːst\/ verb

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The verdict

“tost” is uncommon French (frequency #95,408 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,408
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de tosen.

Key facts for tost
PropertyValue
Headwordtost
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\toːst\
Letters4
Frequency rank#95,408
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tost” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tost lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tost is uncommon French at frequency #95,408 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \toːst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for tost in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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. The correct French form is tost, spelled T-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de tosen.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tosen.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tosen.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tosen.

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 "tost"?
"tost" is spelled T-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \toːst\.
What does "tost" mean?
As a verb, "tost" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de tosen.
How do you pronounce "tost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tost" is \toːst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tost" come from?
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Using “tost”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-O-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \toːst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list