tot

\toːt\

/\toːt\/ adj

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The verdict

“tot” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,273) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#15,273
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mort, qui ne vit plus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tot · tot · French

tot · rank #15,273 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,273
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tombant

Nearest frequency peer: tombant (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « tot »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « tot » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

tot vs tu
33% similar
tot vs TV
0% similar
tot vs TS
0% similar

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

Key facts for tot
PropertyValue
Headwordtot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\toːt\
Letters3
Frequency rank#15,273
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « tot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).totse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tombant » (#15,272), « touchées » (#15,274), « today » (#15,271). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tot » est au #15,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tot is neighbouring look-alikes ("tu", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \toːt\. Frequency #15,273 among 3,703 “T” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

tot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "TV", "TS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tot, spelled T-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mort, qui ne vit plus.
  2. 2
    Mort, qui n’a jamais eu de vie.
  3. 3
    Mort, qui ne peut pas être vu.
  4. 4
    Qui n’a pas de fonction ou efficacité.
  5. 5
    Très fatigué, épuisé.
  6. 6
    Dépeuplé.
  7. 7
    Sans expression.
  8. 8
    Sans activité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Am Morgen des 16. April trat Doktor Bernard Rieux aus seiner Praxis und stolperte mitten auf dem Treppenabsatz über eine tote Ratte. Vorerst schob er das Tier beiseite, ohne es zu beachten, und ging die Treppe hinunter.
  2. Sie fahren nicht wirklich schnell, ein Hund kreuzt die Straße, der Aufprall (...) Es ist ein grauhaariger Collie, der Zusammenstoß hat ihm den Brustkorb eingedrückt, sein Blut fließt über den Straßenrand, aber er ist nicht tot, er winselt, es hört sich an wie ein jammerndes Baby.

Synonyms

leblosunlebendig

Antonyms

lebendlebendigvital

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 "tot"?
"tot" is spelled T-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \toːt\.
What does "tot" mean?
As an adjective, "tot" means: Mort, qui ne vit plus.
What words are commonly confused with "tot"?
"tot" is commonly confused with "tu", "TV", "TS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tot" is \toːt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tot" come from?
"tot" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ser#15,252RMC#15,238por#15,213Fax#15,379

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list