Which to use
“toge” and “tonte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,089
- “toge” frequency rank
- #38,573
- “tonte” frequency rank
- 80662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toge | tonte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Robe de laine fort ample et longue, qui était le vêtement particulier des Romains et qu’ils mettaient par-dessus la tunique. | Action de tondre la laine, la pelouse, etc. |
Where the eye mixes toge and tonte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. toge runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tonte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between toge and tonte
A purely visual mix-up. toge (\tɔʒ\) and tonte (\tɔ̃t\) 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 80662, 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\. tonte is at rank #38,573, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ̃t\.
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 80662, this pair ranks #20,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toge vs tonte
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toge": g. Private to "tonte": n.
"toge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tonte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toge" for "tonte" ever safe?
Which is more common, "toge" or "tonte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "toge" and "tonte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "toge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tonte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toge" and "tonte" 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 #20,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.