tutoie

\ty.twa\

/\ty.twa\/ verb

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The verdict

“tutoie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,241
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tutoyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tutoie · tutoie · French

tutoie · rank #44,241 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,241
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH turtle

Nearest frequency peer: turtle (-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 « tutoie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tutoie » 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).

tutoie vs tutos
67% similar
tutoie vs Tutsi
50% similar
tutoie vs tutti
67% similar

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

Key facts for tutoie
PropertyValue
Headwordtutoie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ty.twa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,241
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tutoie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tutoiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « turtle » (#44,240), « Tutsis » (#44,242), « trinquer » (#44,239). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tutoie » est au #44,241. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tutoie (IPA \ty.twa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,241 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tutoie, with forms such as "ttuoie", "ttutoie", and "tuotie". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "tutos", "Tutsi", "tutti", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tutoie, spelled T-U-T-O-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tutoyer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tutoyer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de tutoyer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de tutoyer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de tutoyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Alors que l’inflation tutoie les sommets, les habitants de la Belle de Mai et du 3ᵉ arrondissement de Marseille, le plus pauvre de France, restent stoïques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ttuoie
  • ttutoie
  • tuotie
  • tutioe
  • tutoei
  • tuttoie
  • uttoie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tutoie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ttuoie2ttutoie1tuotie2tutioe2tutoei2tuttoie1uttoie2
Edit distance from "tutoie"

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 "tutoie"?
"tutoie" is spelled T-U-T-O-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ty.twa\.
What does "tutoie" mean?
As a verb, "tutoie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tutoyer.
What words are commonly confused with "tutoie"?
"tutoie" is commonly confused with "tutos", "Tutsi", "tutti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tutoie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tutoie" is \ty.twa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tutoie" come from?
"tutoie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

turtle#44,240Tutsis#44,242Vanves#44,248vegans#44,251

Similar misspelling depth

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

tough7 variantsVieira7 variantsViper7 variantsWales7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list