Which to use
“toe” and “tonne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,652
- “toe” frequency rank
- #8,787
- “tonne” frequency rank
- 56439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toe | tonne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Doigt de pied, orteil. | Unité de mesure de masse en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant mille kilogrammes, et dont le symbole est t. Aussi appelée tonne métrique. |
Where the eye mixes toe and tonne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: toe vs tonne
A purely visual mix-up. toe (\təʊ\) and tonne (\tɔn\) 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 56439, 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\. tonne is at rank #8,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔn\.
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 56439, this pair ranks #121,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of toe vs tonne
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toe": -. Private to "tonne": n.
"toe" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "tonne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tonne ← otnne · tnone · tonen · ttonne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toe" and "tonne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "toe" or "tonne" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "toe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tonne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toe" and "tonne" 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 #121,091 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.