Which to use
“toe” and “toge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,652
- “toe” frequency rank
- #42,089
- “toge” frequency rank
- 89741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toe | toge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Doigt de pied, orteil. | Robe de laine fort ample et longue, qui était le vêtement particulier des Romains et qu’ils mettaient par-dessus la tunique. |
Where the eye mixes toe and toge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. toe runs 3 letters (CVV) against toge's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between toe and toge
A purely visual mix-up. toe (\təʊ\) and toge (\tɔʒ\) 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 89741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toe is recorded at frequency rank #47,652, classified as anoun, pronounced \təʊ\. toge is at rank #42,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔʒ\.
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 89741, this pair ranks #5,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toe vs toge
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toe": -. Private to "toge": g.
"toe" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "toge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toge ← otge · tgoe · toeg · togge · ttoge
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toe" and "toge" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "toe" or "toge"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "toe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toe" and "toge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs toe". 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 #5,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.