total
\tɔ.tal\
The verdict
“total” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #927
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est complet ; qui est entier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-total · total · French
total · rank #927 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #927
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Note
Nearest frequency peer: Note (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “total”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- internation…
international
99,078 corpus weight
- morts
morts
99,077 corpus weight
- Note
Note
99,076 corpus weight
- total
total
99,074 corpus weight
- vol
vol
99,072 corpus weight
- voulu
voulu
99,071 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “total” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | total |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɔ.tal\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “total” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around total (IPA \tɔ.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #927 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est complet ; qui est entier.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for total, with forms such as "ottal", "toatl", and "totall". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "toto", "Toul", "totem", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is total, spelled T-O-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est complet ; qui est entier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how total appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’énorme rouf construit sur l’embarcation et son gréement, démontraient l’inexpérience totale que son propriétaire avait des choses de la mer, […].
Processus évidents sous les règnes de Louis XV et Louis XVI, dont les gouvernements ne poursuivaient pas la politique de contrôle social, d’imposition et de guerre totale de Louis XIV, notre Roi-Soleil mégalomane.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ottal
- toatl
- totall
- totla
- tottal
- ttoal
- ttotal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of total - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "total" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "toto". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #927 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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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.