Which to use
“tjrs” and “toujours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,151
- “tjrs” frequency rank
- #106
- “toujours” frequency rank
- 25257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tjrs | toujours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toujours. | En tout temps, continuellement, sans cesse, sans relâche, sans fin. |
Same sound, different letters: tjrs vs toujours
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. tjrs runs 4 letters (CCCC) against toujours's 8 (CVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tjrs vs toujours
This is the hard kind. tjrs and toujours are pronounced identically (\tu.ʒuʁ\) and both work as anadverb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tjrs is recorded at frequency rank #25,151, classified as anadv, pronounced \tu.ʒuʁ\. toujours is at rank #106, tagged as anadv, pronounced \tu.ʒuʁ\.
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 25257, this pair ranks #341,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tjrs vs toujours
Shared letters: jrst. Private to "tjrs": -. Private to "toujours": ou.
"tjrs" · 4 letters · shape CCCC · "toujours" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tjrs" and "toujours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tjrs" vs "toujours" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tjrs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toujours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tjrs" and "toujours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tjrs vs turf". 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 #341,879 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.