Which to use
“todo” and “tout” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,831
- “todo” frequency rank
- #48
- “tout” frequency rank
- 48879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | todo | tout |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entier, total, tout. | Qui comprend l’intégrité, l’entièreté, la totalité d’une chose considérée par rapport au nombre, à l’étendue ou à l’intensité de l’énergie. |
Where the eye mixes todo and tout
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. todo (CVCV) and tout (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: todo vs tout
A purely visual mix-up. todo ([ˈto.ðo]) and tout (\tu\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
todo is recorded at frequency rank #48,831, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈto.ðo]. tout is at rank #48, 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 48879, this pair ranks #175,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of todo vs tout
Shared letters: ot. Private to "todo": d. Private to "tout": u.
"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "todo" for "tout" ever safe?
Frequency check: "todo" vs "tout" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "todo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tout" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "todo" and "tout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tad vs todo". 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 #175,307 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.