toivsTVAWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#120
“toi” frequency rank
#4,450
“TVA” frequency rank
4570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toi TVA
Definition Pronom de la deuxième personne du singulier. Impôt indirect sur la consommation, perçu par l’administration fiscale sur la valeur ajoutée réalisée à chaque étape de la production et de la commercialisation des biens et services, et supporté in fine par le consommateur final.

Where the eye mixes toi and TVA

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
toi
3 ch
TVA

Look-alike desk: toi vs TVA

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: toi is \twa\ while TVA is \te.ve.a\. 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 (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toi is recorded at frequency rank #120, classified as apron, pronounced \twa\. TVA is at rank #4,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.ve.a\.

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 4570, this pair ranks #431,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of toi vs TVA

Shared letters: t. Private to "toi": io. Private to "TVA": av.

"toi" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "TVA" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "toi" for "TVA" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toi" is a pronoun and "TVA" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "toi" or "TVA"?
"toi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #120 in our French list, against #4,450 for "TVA". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "toi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "TVA" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #431,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toi" and "TVA" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs TVA". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #431,270 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