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Which to use

“toge” and “tos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,089
“toge” frequency rank
#48,234
“tos” frequency rank
90323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toge tos
Definition Robe de laine fort ample et longue, qui était le vêtement particulier des Romains et qu’ils mettaient par-dessus la tunique. Élève de première année à l’École polytechnique.

Where the eye mixes toge and tos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. toge runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tos's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
toge
3 ch
tos

Visual trap between toge and tos

A purely visual mix-up. toge (\tɔʒ\) and tos (\tos\) 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 90323, 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\. tos is at rank #48,234, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tos\.

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 90323, this pair ranks #4,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of toge vs tos

Shared letters: ot. Private to "toge": eg. Private to "tos": s.

"toge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toge ← otge · tgoe · toeg · togge · ttoge

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "toge" and "tos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\tɔʒ\ versus \tos\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "toge" or "tos"?
"toge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,089 in our French list, against #48,234 for "tos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "toge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toge" and "tos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tos". 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 #4,898 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