ToddvstonduTell them apart

Quick tell: Todd is a name, tondu is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Todd” is a name and “tondu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,271
“Todd” frequency rank
#43,187
“tondu” frequency rank
55458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Todd tondu
Definition Nom de famille. Que l’on a tondu.

Letter map: Todd vs tondu

Shared letters muted; letters that set Todd and tondu apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Todd
5 ch
tondu

Role in the sentence - Todd and tondu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Todd is aname and tonduanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Todd is recorded at frequency rank #12,271, classified as aname. tondu is at rank #43,187, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɔ̃.dy\.

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 55458, this pair ranks #127,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Todd vs tondu

Shared letters: dot. Private to "Todd": -. Private to "tondu": nu.

"Todd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tondu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Toddotdd · tdod · tod · ttodd
  • tonduotndu · tnodu · todnu · tonddu · tonndu · tonud · ttondu

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Todd" for "tondu" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Todd" is a name and "tondu" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Todd" vs "tondu" - which ranks higher?
"Todd" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,271 in our French list, against #43,187 for "tondu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Todd" and "tondu". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Todd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tondu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Todd" and "tondu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "todo vs tondu". 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 #127,310 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