Which to use
“titus” and “tonus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,395
- “titus” frequency rank
- #35,755
- “tonus” frequency rank
- 59150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | titus | tonus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coiffure à la Titus, coiffure adoptée en 1792 en France où les cheveux sont courts, avec de petites mèches aplaties appliquées sur la tête ; ainsi dite parce qu’elle est imitée de la coiffure des bustes et statues de l’empereur Titus. | Tension, contraction légère et permanente, tenue des muscles. |
Where the eye mixes titus and tonus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. titus and tonus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses titus with tonus
A purely visual mix-up. titus (\ti.tys\) and tonus (\tɔ.nys\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
titus is recorded at frequency rank #23,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.tys\. tonus is at rank #35,755, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.nys\.
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 59150, this pair ranks #104,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of titus vs tonus
Shared letters: stu. Private to "titus": i. Private to "tonus": no.
"titus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tonus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "titus" for "tonus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "titus" vs "tonus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "titus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tonus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "titus" and "tonus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tonus vs trônes". 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 #104,768 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.