Which to use
“Togo” is a name and “tour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,492
- “Togo” frequency rank
- #360
- “tour” frequency rank
- 12852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Togo | tour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest ayant des frontières communes avec le Bénin à l’est, le Burkina Faso au nord, et le Ghana à l’ouest. Sa capitale est Lomé. | Construction élevée, cylindrique, carrée ou polygonale. |
Where the eye mixes Togo and tour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Togo with tour
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Togo is \to.ɡo\ while tour is \tuʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Togo is recorded at frequency rank #12,492, classified as aname, pronounced \to.ɡo\. tour is at rank #360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ\.
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 12852, this pair ranks #403,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Togo vs tour
Shared letters: ot. Private to "Togo": g. Private to "tour": ru.
"Togo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Togo" for "tour" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Togo" vs "tour" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Togo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Togo" and "tour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "todo vs Togo". 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 #403,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.