tous deux
\tu dø\
The verdict
“tous deux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’un et l’autre de ceux dont on parle ; chacun des deux ensemble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tous-deux · tous deux · French
tous deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tous deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \tu dø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tous deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tous deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \tu dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L’un et l’autre de ceux dont on parle ; chacun des deux ensemble.".
tous deux has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tous deux, spelled T-O-U-S- -D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1L’un et l’autre de ceux dont on parle ; chacun des deux ensemble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tous deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On nous a fait à tous deux des piqûres antitétaniques, qui nous donneront, paraît-il, de l’urticaire dans deux ou trois jours. Pierre, très abattu, est resté à la clinique.
Tous deux se turent longuement, mais chacun avait en tête la vieille Esther…
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.