tokenvstôlesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#48,832
“token” frequency rank
#36,633
“tôles” frequency rank
85465
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature token tôles
Definition Lexème ou lexie. Pluriel de tôle.

Where the eye mixes token and tôles

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

5 ch
token
5 ch
tôles

Visual trap between token and tôles

A purely visual mix-up. token (\to.kɛn\) and tôles (\tol\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

token is recorded at frequency rank #48,832, classified as anoun, pronounced \to.kɛn\. tôles is at rank #36,633, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tol\.

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 85465, this pair ranks #11,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of token vs tôles

Shared letters: et. Private to "token": kno. Private to "tôles": lsô.

"token" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "tôles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tokenotken · tkoen · toekn · tokenn · tokken · tokne · ttoken

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "token" and "tôles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\to.kɛn\ versus \tol\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "token" vs "tôles" - which ranks higher?
"tôles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,633 in our French list, against #48,832 for "token". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "token" and "tôles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "token" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tôles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "token" and "tôles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toe vs token". 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 #11,333 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