tousser

/\tu.se\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,492

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

tousser is aFrenchverb. It means: Avoir un accès de toux. Pronounced \tu.se\. Often confused with trousse and trousses.

Key facts for tousser
PropertyValue
Headwordtousser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tu.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,492
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tousser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tousser is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,492 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tousser, with forms such as "otusser", "tosuser", and "touser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "trousse", "trousses", "toussa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tousser, spelled T-O-U-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir un accès de toux.
  2. 2
    Faire à dessein le bruit de la toux.
  3. 3
    Faire un bruit rappelant la toux.
  4. 4
    Réagir face à des propos choquants.
  5. 5
    Tousser quelqu'un : manifester, par un toussotement, de la désapprobation à ce qu'il dit ou à ce qu'il fait.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otusser,tosuser,touser,tousesr,tousserr,toussre,ttousser,tuosser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tousser

Misspelling Variants of "tousser"

otusser7tosuser7touser6tousesr7tousserr8toussre7ttousser8tuosser7
Misspelling Variants of "tousser"

Frequency rank: #33,492 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tousser"?
"tousser" is spelled T-O-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tu.se\.
What does "tousser" mean?
As a verb, "tousser" means: Avoir un accès de toux.
What words are commonly confused with "tousser"?
"tousser" is commonly confused with "trousse", "trousses", "toussa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tousser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tousser" is \tu.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tousser" come from?
"tousser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.