Which to use
“toe” and “Tora” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,652
- “toe” frequency rank
- #48,233
- “Tora” frequency rank
- 95885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toe | Tora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Doigt de pied, orteil. | Variante orthographique de Thora. |
Where the eye mixes toe and Tora
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. toe runs 3 letters (CVV) against Tora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses toe with Tora
A purely visual mix-up. toe (\təʊ\) and Tora (\tɔ.ʁa\) 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 95885, 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\. Tora is at rank #48,233, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.ʁa\.
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 95885, this pair ranks #889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toe vs Tora
Shared letters: ot. Private to "toe": e. Private to "Tora": ar.
"toe" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "Tora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Tora ← otra · toar · torra · troa · ttora
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toe" and "Tora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "toe" or "Tora" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "toe" and "Tora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "toe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toe" and "Tora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tora vs turf". 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 #889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.