Which to use
“talon” is a noun and “Toulon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,252
- “talon” frequency rank
- #5,710
- “Toulon” frequency rank
- 15962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talon | Toulon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie postérieure du pied. | Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Var. |
Where the eye mixes talon and Toulon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. talon runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Toulon's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between talon and Toulon
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: talon is \ta.lɔ̃\ while Toulon is \tu.lɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talon is recorded at frequency rank #10,252, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.lɔ̃\. Toulon is at rank #5,710, tagged as aname, pronounced \tu.lɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15962, this pair ranks #390,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of talon vs Toulon
Shared letters: lnot. Private to "talon": a. Private to "Toulon": u.
"talon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Toulon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "talon" for "Toulon" ever safe?
Which is more common, "talon" or "Toulon"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "talon" and "Toulon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "talon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Toulon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talon" and "Toulon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talon vs timon". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #390,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.