TekkenvstokenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Tekken is a name, token is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tekken” is a name and “token” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,565
“Tekken” frequency rank
#48,832
“token” frequency rank
90397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tekken token
Definition Série de jeux vidéo de combat en 3D. Lexème ou lexie.

Letter map: Tekken vs token

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tekken and token apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Tekken runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against token's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Tekken
5 ch
token

Role in the sentence - Tekken and token

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tekken is aname and tokenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tekken is recorded at frequency rank #41,565, classified as aname. token is at rank #48,832, tagged as anoun, pronounced \to.kɛn\.

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 90397, this pair ranks #4,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Tekken vs token

Shared letters: eknt. Private to "Tekken": -. Private to "token": o.

"Tekken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "token" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tekken ← etkken · tekekn · teken · tekkenn · tekkne · tkeken · ttekken
  • token ← otken · tkoen · toekn · tokenn · tokken · tokne · ttoken

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Tekken" and "token" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tekken" is a name and "token" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Tekken" vs "token" - which ranks higher?
"Tekken" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,565 in our French list, against #48,832 for "token". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Tekken" vs "token" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tekken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "token" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tekken" and "token" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toe vs token". 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 #4,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list