tous les deux
\tu le dø\
The verdict
“tous les 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
- 13
- 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-les-deux · tous les deux · French
tous les deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 les deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \tu le dø\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tous les deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tous les deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \tu le 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 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tous les deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les deux sont très beaux.
Jean et Paul sont venus tous les deux.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.