Which to use
“toit” and “toits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,229
- “toit” frequency rank
- #10,420
- “toits” frequency rank
- 13649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toit | toits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvrage constitué de la charpente et de la couverture qui sert à couvrir un bâtiment. | Pluriel de toit. |
Same sound, different letters: toit vs toits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. toit runs 4 letters (CVVC) against toits's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: toit vs toits
This is the hard kind. toit and toits are pronounced identically (\twa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “toit” sits inside “toits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toit is recorded at frequency rank #3,229, classified as anoun, pronounced \twa\. toits is at rank #10,420, tagged as anoun, 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 13649, this pair ranks #400,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of toit vs toits
Shared letters: iot. Private to "toit": -. Private to "toits": s.
"toit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "toits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toit" and "toits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "toit" vs "toits" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"toit" and "toits" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "toit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toit" and "toits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toits vs trips". 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 #400,138 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.