ToddvstousConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,271
“Todd” frequency rank
#79
“tous” frequency rank
12350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Todd tous
Definition Nom de famille. Masculin pluriel de tout.

Letter map: Todd vs tous

Shared letters muted; letters that set Todd and tous apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Todd
4 ch
tous

Grammar separator: Todd vs tous

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Todd is aname and tousanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Todd is recorded at frequency rank #12,271, classified as aname. tous is at rank #79, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tu\.

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 12350, this pair ranks #405,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Todd vs tous

Shared letters: ot. Private to "Todd": d. Private to "tous": su.

"Todd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Toddotdd · tdod · tod · ttodd
  • tousotus · tosu · touss · ttous · tuos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Todd" for "tous" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Todd" is a name and "tous" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Todd" vs "tous" - which ranks higher?
"tous" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #79 in our French list, against #12,271 for "Todd". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Todd" and "tous".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Todd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #405,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Todd" and "tous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tad vs Todd". 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 #405,621 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