toitvstosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#3,229
“toit” frequency rank
#48,234
“tos” frequency rank
51463
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toit tos
Definition Ouvrage constitué de la charpente et de la couverture qui sert à couvrir un bâtiment. Élève de première année à l’École polytechnique.

Where the eye mixes toit and tos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
toit
3 ch
tos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. toit (\twa\) 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 51463, 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\. 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 51463, this pair ranks #154,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of toit vs tos

Shared letters: ot. Private to "toit": i. Private to "tos": s.

"toit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "tos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toitotit · tiot · toitt · toti · ttoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "toit" and "tos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\twa\ versus \tos\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "toit" or "tos"?
"toit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,229 in our French list, against #48,234 for "tos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "toit" and "tos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "toit" 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 #154,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toit" 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list