totaux

\tɔ.to\

/\tɔ.to\/ adj

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The verdict

“totaux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,269
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de total.

Corpus desk

Index FR-totaux · totaux · French

totaux · rank #27,269 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,269
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trampoline

Nearest frequency peer: trampoline (+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 « totaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « totaux » 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).

totaux vs toux
67% similar
totaux vs tuyaux
67% similar
totaux vs taux
67% similar

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

Key facts for totaux
PropertyValue
Headwordtotaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔ.to\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,269
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « totaux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.totauxse 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 « trampoline » (#27,270), « trompettes » (#27,271), « Torah » (#27,266). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « totaux » est au #27,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around totaux (IPA \tɔ.to\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,269 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de total.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for totaux, with forms such as "ottaux", "toatux", and "totauxx". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "toux", "tuyaux", "taux", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is totaux, spelled T-O-T-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de total.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En somme, ces chiffres ne donnent pas une idée exacte de la situation par le fait de la présence d’une population slave ou slavonisée, c’est-à-dire que des contrées purement lithuaniennes sont en meilleure posture qu’on ne le croirait d’après les chiffres totaux de la statistique russe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ottaux
  • toatux
  • totauxx
  • totaxu
  • tottaux
  • totuax
  • ttoaux
  • ttotaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ottaux2toatux2totauxx1totaxu2tottaux1totuax2ttoaux2ttotaux1
Edit distance from "totaux"

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 "totaux"?
"totaux" is spelled T-O-T-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.to\.
What does "totaux" mean?
As an adjective, "totaux" means: Masculin pluriel de total.
What words are commonly confused with "totaux"?
"totaux" is commonly confused with "toux", "tuyaux", "taux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "totaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "totaux" is \tɔ.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "totaux" come from?
"totaux" 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 "totaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

unisson8 variantsstores8 variantswords8 variantsévacue8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list