togevstoiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: toge is a noun, toi is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“toge” is a noun and “toi” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,089
“toge” frequency rank
#120
“toi” frequency rank
42209
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toge toi
Definition Robe de laine fort ample et longue, qui était le vêtement particulier des Romains et qu’ils mettaient par-dessus la tunique. Pronom de la deuxième personne du singulier.

Where the eye mixes toge and toi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
toge
3 ch
toi

Visual trap between toge and toi

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: toge is \tɔʒ\ while toi is \twa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toge is recorded at frequency rank #42,089, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔʒ\. toi is at rank #120, tagged as apron, pronounced \twa\.

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 42209, this pair ranks #227,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of toge vs toi

Shared letters: ot. Private to "toge": eg. Private to "toi": i.

"toge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "toi" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • togeotge · tgoe · toeg · togge · ttoge

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "toge" and "toi" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toge" is a noun and "toi" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "toge" or "toi" show up more?
"toi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #120 in our French list, against #42,089 for "toge". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "toge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #227,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toge" and "toi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toge vs token". 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 #227,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list