toxic

\ˈtɒk.sɪk\

/\ˈtɒk.sɪk\/ adj

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The verdict

“toxic” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,499
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toxique (dangereux pour la santé).

Corpus desk

Index FR-toxic · toxic · French

toxic · rank #46,499 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,499
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH toutous

Nearest frequency peer: toutous (-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 « toxic »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « toxic » 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).

toxic vs toxine
67% similar
toxic vs toi
60% similar
toxic vs tic
60% similar

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

Key facts for toxic
PropertyValue
Headwordtoxic
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈtɒk.sɪk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#46,499
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « toxic »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).toxicse 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 « toutous » (#46,498), « transatlantiques » (#46,500), « tourte » (#46,497). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toxic » est au #46,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around toxic (IPA \ˈtɒk.sɪk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,499 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for toxic, with forms such as "otxic", "toixc", and "toxci". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "toxine", "toi", "tic", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is toxic, spelled T-O-X-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toxique (dangereux pour la santé).
  2. 2
    Nuisible, malfaisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Despite Ms. Le Pen’s best efforts to remake her party, the National Front has traditionally been too toxic for a majority of French to embrace.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otxic
  • toixc
  • toxci
  • toxicc
  • toxxic
  • ttoxic
  • txoic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otxic2toixc2toxci2toxicc1toxxic1ttoxic1txoic2
Edit distance from "toxic"

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 "toxic"?
"toxic" is spelled T-O-X-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtɒk.sɪk\.
What does "toxic" mean?
As an adjective, "toxic" means: Toxique (dangereux pour la santé).
What words are commonly confused with "toxic"?
"toxic" is commonly confused with "toxine", "toi", "tic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toxic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toxic" is \ˈtɒk.sɪk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toxic" come from?
"toxic" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "toxic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

turco#46,503tords#46,494tchao#46,479tarit#46,478

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tourte7 variantstissée7 variantsterrine7 variantswaste7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list