Which to use
“tollé” and “tome” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,264
- “tollé” frequency rank
- #2,801
- “tome” frequency rank
- 30065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tollé | tome |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cri d’indignation (souvent figuratif). | Division intellectuelle d’un ouvrage, correspondant ou pas avec un volume. |
Where the eye mixes tollé and tome
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. tollé (\tɔ.le\) and tome (\tom\) 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 30065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tollé is recorded at frequency rank #27,264, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.le\. tome is at rank #2,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tom\.
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 30065, this pair ranks #312,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tollé vs tome
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tollé": lé. Private to "tome": em.
"tollé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tome ← otme · tmoe · toem · tomme · ttome