tous les deux
\tu le dø\
The verdict
“tous les deux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a pronoun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - L’un et l’autre de ceux dont on parle ; chacun des deux ensemble.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tous les deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \tu le dø\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tous les deux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tous les deux is 13 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu le dø\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "L’un et l’autre de ceux dont on parle ; chacun des deux ensemble.".
tous les deux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 tous les deux, spelled T-O-U-S- -L-E-S- -D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1L’un et l’autre de ceux dont on parle ; chacun des deux ensemble.
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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.
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Using “tous les deux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-S- -L-E-S- -D-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tu le dø\ (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
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.