Which to use
“toe” and “toile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,652
- “toe” frequency rank
- #3,299
- “toile” frequency rank
- 50951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toe | toile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Doigt de pied, orteil. | Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc. |
Where the eye mixes toe and toile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. toe (\təʊ\) and toile (\twal\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50951, 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\. toile is at rank #3,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \twal\.
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 50951, this pair ranks #158,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of toe vs toile
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toe": -. Private to "toile": il.
"toe" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "toile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toile ← otile · tiole · toiel · toille · tolie · ttoile