toastsvstoitsTell them apart

Which to use

“toasts” and “toits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,069
“toasts” frequency rank
#10,420
“toits” frequency rank
48489
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toasts toits
Definition Pluriel de toast. Pluriel de toit.

Where the eye mixes toasts and toits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. toasts runs 6 letters (CVVCCC) against toits's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
toasts
5 ch
toits

Look-alike desk: toasts vs toits

A purely visual mix-up. toasts (\tost\) and toits (\twa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toasts is recorded at frequency rank #38,069, classified as anoun, pronounced \tost\. toits is at rank #10,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced \twa\.

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 48489, this pair ranks #178,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of toasts vs toits

Shared letters: ost. Private to "toasts": a. Private to "toits": i.

"toasts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "toits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toasts ← otasts · taosts · toassts · toastss · toastts · toatss · tosats · ttoasts
  • toits ← otits · tiots · toist · toitss · toitts · totis · ttoits

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "toasts" for "toits" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tost\ versus \twa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "toasts" or "toits"?
"toits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,420 in our French list, against #38,069 for "toasts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "toasts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toasts" and "toits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toasts vs touts". 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 #178,488 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