Which to use
“tocard” and “tocards” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,621
- “tocard” frequency rank
- #42,088
- “tocards” frequency rank
- 74709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tocard | tocards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Démodé, sans valeur, laid, de mauvais goût, sans attrait physique ou intellectuel. | Masculin pluriel de tocard. |
Same sound, different letters: tocard vs tocards
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tocard / tocards
This is the hard kind. tocard and tocards are pronounced identically (\tɔ.kaʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tocard” sits inside “tocards”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tocard is recorded at frequency rank #32,621, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔ.kaʁ\. tocards is at rank #42,088, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɔ.kaʁ\.
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 74709, this pair ranks #36,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tocard vs tocards
Shared letters: acdort. Private to "tocard": -. Private to "tocards": s.
"tocard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "tocards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tocard" and "tocards" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tocard" vs "tocards" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "tocard" / "tocards". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tocard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tocards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tocard" and "tocards" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tocards vs tords". 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 #36,288 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.